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A BOOKLET DESCRIPTIVE 
OF THE "PEARL CITY" 
OF IOWA ■v- V. -.« V ^• 



1901 



PUBLISHED BY 
H. W. LEWIS 
MUSCATINE 



PICTURESQUE 
MUSCATINE 5^ 



THE DEMOCRAT CO. PRINTERS 
DAVENPORT. lOWA 



IN presenting to the public this pictur- 
esque description of Muscatine, the writ- 
er has endeavored to avoid forcing upon 
the reader a mass of statistics so generall)' 
the greater part of the letter press of such works, and to present, in a 
general way, only such facts and figures as will interest the busy, 
restless reader of the new century. This is an era of illustration, 
and it has been the purpose of the publisher of the booklet here- 
with presented to show that the city of Muscatine possesses the 
advantages claimed for it — not merely to write and ])rint the state- 
ment. The engravings appearing in Picturksoie Muscatine are 
accurate in every detail, being direct reproductions of photographs, 
engraved by the half-tone process. They cannot, therefore, bee.xagger- 
ated or overdrawn, as in the process of the ideal sketch, or hand 
engraving. Nearly everything shown of Muscatine and its scenery is 
shown through the camera. If the beautiful residence has an unsightly 
trolley pole before the front door; should a dog fight or truck wagon 
mar the foreground of the stately business block; or should, perchance, 
a crowd of small boys have refused to get out of the way in a street 
scene, blame not the book. The camera has tojd the truth and the 
pictures are accurate, whatever else may be said of them. 

PiCTURKSQUE Muscatine cannot do otherwise than find its way 
into many far off homes, as well as into those of the city it illustrates. 
It will, it is hoped, recall many familiar scenes to former residents 
who are living elsewhere, and will show to them, also, a vast number 
of new and magnificent buildings. The book will likewise find its way 
to the homes of many thousands who have never seen the "Pearl City," 
and who have formed ideas of its magnitude and commercial importance 
only from listening to the talk of the enthusiastic citizen away from 
home on a visit, or of reading of its advantages through the public prints. 
To the ambitious amateur photographer, that enthusiastic 
devotee of one of the "arts preservative," Picturksouk Muscatine 
is indebted for the loan of pet negatives — many of which, it is regretted, 



Ir^troductory 



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space and engravers' bills have precluded. 
Courtesies were extended by the following 
amateurs; Mrs. F. P. Sawyer, Miss Anna 
Johnson, Prof. F. M. Witter, Supt. H. T. 
Kiske, Messrs. J. G. Dougherty, F. Reppert, W. N. Wallace, J. L. 
Umscheid, Howard Erb, E. L. Graham and Frank P. Drisch. 

The writer believes he has, by the co-peration of public-spirited 
and enterprising citizens, been enabled to present the reader a volume 
of unusual artistic beauty. Such a work certainly could never be a 
possibility in a city whose manufacturers, capitalists, merchants and 
professional men were not men of action — progressive, broad-minded 
and up-to-date, such as constitute the population of Muscatine. It is 
men of this character that cause small towns to become populous 
cities; and to those who have practically encouraged in the promotion 
of this work, as well as to those who assist in its further circulation, 
the publisher extends assurance of sincere appreciation. H. W. L. 




The City of 
M\iscatir\e 



-.wappinjT One X tire w;iter to the imble reil man 
for cmmoJities and land, and he "remained at 
hU post." in many instances, for the very (fo<xl 
reason that he couldn't sell out for money enoujfh 
to take him back to his wife's relatives, where he 
i.rij;m.iiiy iiucnileil to return. The pioneer, as a rule, is an over- 
estimatfd coninnKlity. The men who actually made Musc.itine what it 
is ttKlay came here at a later day; came to build instead of traffic. 



The first settlers .lid ii..t •..■\t\f 



rillr, 



SI J I .\ 1 Kl> .It the a|H'x of the (rreatest west- 
ward sweep made by the majestic Miss- 
issippi river as its waters w.ish the eastern 
shores of Iowa on their course to the ocean is the 
pictureH<{ue and iK-autiful city of Muscatine. 

ThouKh rich in legendary lore of the North American Indi.iii. who 
onco held "Mascoutin" as sacred jfrountl. Musc.itine's early history, 
■o far as the white man's connection with it is concerned, contains 
but little of im|iortance th.it would characteri/'- '-r ilisiioirnish it fn-m 
that of other cities of its 
chiiracter alon>: the ^reat 
river. In matters of history 
only, have we been slight- 
ed. Its natural advanta- 
f(cs and resources were 
such as toattr.ict the white 
man hither, and here he 
came .ind remainnl. 

Chapters have been 
w ritten .'ind stories told of 
the struffi^les of the pio- 
neers who transformed this 
"h<iwlin(C wilderness" into 
a "veritable Kanlen," and 
consequently it is unneces- 
sary to re|H-at in detail 

how the first white settler remained heroically at his post, altern.itely the present site of Muscatine were Father Jac(|ues Marcpiettc, .1 Jesuit 
(rrubt>inK timber :ind fi^'htin).; Indi.ins, in oriler that his pro|;eny mi);ht priest, and Louis Joliet, a fur trader. This was sometime in the 
receive the blessings .mil rewarils of a hi^'her civili^.ition. The men summer of 1(>7.?. History tells us th.it these men, in comp.my with five 
who viiin distinction fiKlitin^ the Indians that roamed around and other Frenchmen and two Indians as (guides, started early in the year 
about Muscatine, make a very small showinff by the side of those who mentioned from Mackinaw in bark canoes and discovered the Mississ- 
(fot their start in life by i;ettin(; the upper hand of Mr. Lo in a trade ippi river in the north. They descended the Mississippi river that 
that transferred the soil of this locality to the white man. In many summer as far as the mouth of the Arkansas before returning, Jind 
cases the pioneer (with all honor to he who did not) jfot his start by must h.ave passed the pre<ent site of Muscatine in the month of June. 




but were mere adventurers. 
Those who followed and 
came to stay ;ire the men 
and women who made the 
country blossom as a rose, 
and it is to them we are 
indebted. 

While it is the chief 
purp '-.f of this volume to 
>h <w .Muscatine as it is 
tmlay to note its pro- 
gress duriii); the l<vst 
prosperous decaile, a 
ffl.'ince into the past, per- 
haps, would not be in- 
appropriate. 

The first white men 
known to have set f<xjt on 




SECOND STREET PURINC, A STREET lAIR. 



llryiMiil llie (act Ihat Ihcy lamled here niul made a brief memorandum 
to thin effect, liiit little i» known of the exiH-rience of the tirst visit of 
while men !■> IhiH locality. 

Seven yearn later the Hennepin, L.iS.ille .uul Tonti expedition de- 
Hcended the IllinoiH river to its mouth, ami |)r.K-<-.-.liiiir up Ih.- Mis-iss- 
ippi, exploretl the ^reat river 
prcsumaldy to thelie.itl «• .iters. 
I^aSalle dencended the Miss- 
issippi a^ain in ltitl2, ^oin^ 
as far as the (iulf of Mexico, 
where he claimed for his kin^, 
I.oiiis XIV, the territory of 
Loiii»i,ina, .'ind which the 
United States tifterward |)iir- 
chased of France for jl5.tK)0.- 
IHHI. The early explorers, it 
ap|K-.'irs, p.'iid hut little .il- 
tention to this loc.ility, es- 
t.'ihlishinK their missions oti 
the Illinois river near tin- 
present site of Peori.'i. 

The first ofKcial explora- 
tion of the Mississippi, made 
under authority of the United 
States jfovcrnment, was maile 
in ISO.S, t>y Lieut. Pike, whose 
exfiedition went to the he;itl 
waters of the river, purchas- 
ing the site of Kort Snellin^. 
which has l>ecn occupied by 
jfovernment tnops since IMI'I. Kort Arinstron-.;, on Kofk Island, was 
built in )Hli>, .md occupied by eijfhl hnniln-il soldiers under Col. 
Will. I^.iwrenco. The fort was occupied by triKips until lH3ti. The 



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A II K.N l.\ WKST SKCONUSTKKKl 



first Steamboat to ascend the upjier Mississippi was the Virtfinia, 
owned at Wheelintr. She made her trip in the month of May, 1823, 
jjoin^ as far up .is Calena. At the close of the lilack Hawk war in 
18-12 the tfoveriimont piircha.sed from the Sac and Fox Indians what 
vv.is Uiiowii .IS ilu- ••I..VV.1 District." a tr.ict atjout 200 miles in lenjfth, 

Ixiunded on the east by the 
.Mississippi river, on the south 
by Missouri, and by the lands 
of the Indians on the north 
and west. This strip had .in 
averajfe width of forty- five 
miles, containin(;-<),000 sipiare 
miles. Settlement of this strip 
could not take place until the 
Indians ^^.ive possession of it, 
.hine 1, 1833. It was at this 
periiKl settlements be^r.in to lie 
made in the Iowa District, 
and althouffh for the tirst year 
the inhabitants were without 
any miinincip.il law, the dis- 
iiiot w.is attached for judicial 
piirp<i.ses to Michigan Terri- 
tory until the admission of 
that state into the union in 
lH3t>. when the "Bl.ick Hawk 
Purchase," by which this 
strip of Iowa h.id become to 
be known, was, by an act of 
Conffress, .ittacbed to the 
territory of Wisconsin for the s.ime purjiose it h.id been before joined 
to Michigan. The |)opulation was now 10,.^31, the tirst session of the 
legislature lieing- held in Kelmonl, Wisconsin, in 1S36-37; the second at 



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A GLIMPSR OK SOI' 1 H .MLSCAIIM-: ANI> lUWHKAL) ISI.ANIJ. 



Riirliriirton in 1)117-.W. On June 12, 1«.W, (.'onK^ri-ss iippniiiMl .in ;ict liy 

which the "HlacU Hawk PiinhaHO " tHrcaini- known a» the Torritury of 

Iowa, to ilatc (rirm the 4th ilay of July followintf- Robert LucaH, an 

ex->{o%ern«r of Ohio, was ;ip|)oiiited territorial ).:ovcrnor. The tirst 

M:»aiofi of the lef;ii>l:iture waH held at Hurlin;;ton, in 1838-39. It is said 

that (iov. Lucas would have 

aH.Hvniltled the first le^inlature 

in Illoumini^on (.Muscatine's 

former name), hut owin^' to 

the absence of a huildinK of 

suflicient capacity the project 

was ali.indoned. The |Hipula- 

tlon of Iowa was at this time 

22,K.<;'». 

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EARLY SETTLEMENTS. 
Itonjainin Nye i» crcditcil 
with having made the first 
settlement within the limiti. of 
the present county of Musca- 
tine, This was in the spring 
of 1834. Mr. Nye laid otT a 
totvn .'It the month of Pine 
Creek, situated .iIkiuI twelve 
miles a)M>ve the city, and 
named it Montiwlier. The 
town never pros|H-red, ami its 
founder, in 1HS2, w:is killed 
by his son-in-law, George 
McCoy, a short distance alxne qj; | ,,\\ (. ■ 

the city. Cul. (>eor(;c Daven- 
port, who lived at that lime on Rock Islauil, liruu^lit .i >t<>ck of ko^''' 
and establishetl a trading post near the present site of the Chicago, 
Rock ImI.iuiI .V Pacific passenger Btatinn, erectinif a small lo^ ciliin 




anil leaving: the post in charjfe of an ajrent. Col. Davenport also met 
with a tragic de<-ith, beini; murdered in his home on R<ick Island, while 
his family was attendiu)^ a 4th of July celebration, in 1H4S. The year 
IH.?.^ saw a number of new settlers in Hli»imin)fton. James \V. Kasey 
started a tradin); house below that of Col. Davenptort, known as 

"Kasey's Wish! Y.ird," or 
Ncwberi;; Lot and Levi 
Thornton settled on the 
"slouch;" Thomas and Lewis 
Burditt settled about a mile 
alxne the city, and Col. John 
Vanater, who had been here 
several years before, returned 
and boug'ht Col. Davenjiort's 
po.st. Dr. Eli Reynolds built 
this year about three miles 
above the city, where he sub- 
sequently plotted the town of 
tJenev.i - another town that 
failed to catch and hold the 
breath of life. 

The town of Hloominjfton 
was laid i>fr in 1H36. by Col. 
Van.iter, who n.'imed the town 
anil made the first survey of 
lots in the month of August. 
The next year "Musquitine" 
county was orf^anized, and by 
an act of the Wisomsin Terri- 
torial legislature, approved 
January 8, HI(K>minffton was 
\t a followin); se.Hsion of the le^fisl.-iture Dr. 
Reynolds, who was representative from this district, worked a bill 
throujjh the legislature providinc for the removal of the county seat to 



KU'N KOAI). 



made the county seat. 




COMPANY C. I.KAVINI, Ml'St" ATINK FOR THK SPANISH- AM IKIC AN WAR. 



iKiirvn, liiit the mca!«iii« ».i^ (...mmj.i.^ ,,.;..; liy Cuvornor U<kI({c. 
HIixiniiiKtoii w;i» iiicorp<iraU-il at a town of the secoiul >fraile, in Kcb- 
riiary, \x.Vt. and on the fith "( the followinK' May il» tirot prcsiilent, 
J<i*<-|ih WillianiH, wan elected. The li>«n had l)eeii made a "(ifwt 
li)wn" the year liefure, but had had hard luck with the |>uHtmaslcr, 
that iiidi\idiial having at>- 
scnnilcd iK-fiire hi?) c<>ininiit>iii)n 
arrivcil. The |Mi|iiilalit>n '>( 
IlloitninKtun in Ket>riiary. 
\KV>, WUH »cventy-«ne - itiontly 
men, and the numlicr of hiiild- 
inK" in the town, including 
e\erylhinKi was thirty-three. 
In Novemlier there were 
cinhty-fnur huuiteH in the city. 
Krom thii. jK-riiMl fnrtv.iril 
llic jjpiwlh .intl de\elopinent 
of the city haHlieen rapid ami 
HuliHl.'intial. < )f c >urHe it haH, 
in Common with other wefttcm 
citieit, e.x|M-rienced |HTio<lH o( 
<)<-prei«!<ion, lint from the early 
tieH capitaliittn have Hhown 
Ml atiiiliiii; faith in the city'K 
future, and there neter w,'is a 
time in her hiHtory when that 
r.iith wak Hlron;;er than it is 

lav. 

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LOCAFION A.M> NATVRAL 

AD\ AN TACKS. ,,^, „ , j; v, 

ily rea»on of MuHcatine'it 
superior Keo^raphical location the city is favoreil with as nearly all of 
nalure'M adv.intaffeH a« could reasonably lie wishe<l. The hro.id 
A,Tp of the Mississippi lu-forr its waters reach our sh ire affords .1 




levee and liarlior for the ^re.it lumber mills that could scarcely be 
improved u|x>n; the broad, level tr.ncts aloni; the river and in the 
lumber districts furnish su|)crior sites for manufacturing'-, the wo<«l 
crowned hills that overhsik the river and surrountlin^ landsca|ie 
furnish home sites tit for kin^s: and the threat Island Garden- the 

larjfest and richest in the 
Valley - is a we.ilth priHlucer 
capatdeof stockin^the larders 
of the state. A more desir- 
able or appropriate location 
for a ffreat m,'iniifacturinu' 
city, or a prettier spot uiom 
which to build .1 home, 
would be dilficult to find any- 
where in the Valley of the 
Mississippi, and, indeed, but 
few pl.ices surp.'iss it in the 
world. .V five minute ride on 
the electric railway will 
now c.irry tin- Muscatine 
business man to hei|.rhts that 
are lifted far aliove the tur- 
moil, smoke and din of the 
busy city, where the air is 
sweet and pure, anil scenery 
as ({-rand as in the summer 
resorts. Muscitine is "a city 
of subat>inti:il homes." as can 
re,idily be unilerst<»Kl by the 
re,ider who realizes its super- 
ior .'idv.'tnta^es (or priHiucinif 
wealth, ;ind who will also remember that the city was founded Ion); 
years :ik" by men who knew its worth, and who were not :ifraid to 
venture their future welfare ,'ind prosperity on the outcome of investments 



1 AS I SI to 




SOJIK I'KO.MINKNT SPIRITS. iOWKK;;, MONVMKNTS ANM) IlKKi:!: 




MOOM.IC.HT ON TIIK MISSISSI PI'I. 




A MUSCATINK SUNSET. 



made here. Very few citien in the \aKt MiKHiHsippi Valley have 
atlaineil Mufcaliiie'it i*>|>iilati<>ii ami commercial prominence without 
at iMime lime or another havinj; pa.sseil throu^fh the ••■niishr<«>m." or 
"iMiom" Htaifc or exiittence, with more or leirn ilisastnuis rcsiilln. 
AlthoiiKh enterprise ha» never laff^cil here, the city ha* never hail to 
doctor ititeH for that ailment 
»o common ti> many other 
wentern cities, anil which i* 
cauMTil by the reaction from a 
iMKim. The city's develop- 
ment has lieen the result of a 
sleaity and healthful jrrowth: 
pro|HTty h«s always com- 
manileil a K'"*' price, ami 
proved to be a paying invest- 
im-nl. The excellent a^ricul- 
lural country on all sides of 
the city, coupled with Hit;)) 
liridtfc, toll road, and uthei 
facilities for Irartic to ami 
from the city, have hel|K-d to 
make and maint.'iin a market 
'liat h.is attracted farmer-" 
I'lm a r.'idius of many mile- 
.iioiind. Kami and K-irden 
pnsluce is handled l>y trail 
loads liy commisaion firm- 
and factories, es|H-cially th' 
pnsluce of the (^irden. IIiouh 
ands of Ions of which .ire 
handled annually liy the 

:.ir(;e»t pickle works, in the world, located at this city. Musca- 
tine Isl.ind, the f.'imous ^.irilen, is s.'iid to |«>sscss the lar^^est .ind most 
extensive melon and sweet |«jtato farms in the world. 




VIKW I KOM WVOMINC. IIII.I., 



A MA.NUFACTURING STRONGHOLD. 

.\ cjuarter of :i century ajfo the New Kn^land states possessed a 
practical monopoly of the manufactures of the country, but they hoUl 
it ni> lonjfer. Like "the star of empire," manufacturing is taking: its 

way westward. The develop- 
ment and frrowth of manufac- 
turing; in Muscatine has not 
been so rapid as to c.iuse any 
re.'isonablc apprehension on 
the part of citizens that it may 
e.xh:iust itself or tie unable to 
com|>ete in the markets of the 
world for rec<»fjnition. (»ur 
m.'inuf.'ictured prislucts are of 
the char.ictcr that has been in 
dem.ind ever since the birth 
of civili/.'ition and will con- 
tinue to be as lonff as people 
continue to live in houses, 
sulisist on wholes<jme fiMsl, 
iiid button their clothes. 
lUiildinK^ material, footl pro- 
.lucts .ind pearl buttons form 
'he three leadinjr manufactur- 
iTij,' industries in the city, 
ilthoujrh iron and steel work- 
' rs h.'ive had the satisfaction 
t seeinc^ their smith and 
plumbiii).,' shop> increase from 
small bejfinninns to house* of 
national im|Kirtance. In the manufacture of saddlery hardware, pot. 
tcry an<l brick the city has also );ained recognition from the leadini; 
markets, as well as in sever.il smaller lines where ({oo»ls are 




RESIDENCE OF J. SCOTT BLACKWRLL. 



coiiHumFil at ami near homf. The U-ailinK manufacturcil articlcH, how- 
ever, are liiinbor, xaiih, ilimrH, liliiuls, houhe furntshinns. lMixe». barrels, 
|M-arl liiittiiiiH, iKit meal, pickleH, catHiip, kraut, xailillcry hardware, 
.'■nil >|ivcialiieit in iron, ulerl, copper and other metalii. Many infant 
induHtrien are t;ainin^ a foothold, ami are liuildin^' up ,1 tr.'iile In the 
lient marketk. cre;ilintf thereby 
.1 demand that will eventu.illy 
cauite more manufacturing 
hoUHCH to iM.'nd their smoke 
he.'ivenward from Muscatine. 
In ad lition to plenty of 
wjiter iin I che.ip fuel essen- 
ti.'il element* in manufa:tur- 
inK — the prenent electric 
power conipany i* furni»hinif 
Hm.'iUer factoricB, printerH, 
laumlricK. Hhopn, and the like 
with electric |>ower on :i sc.ile 
th.'it ha* permitted m.iny 
concernH to launch indu'.lrien, 
thuK encoiir.ijtinK the employe 
to luck ahead to a huHineKM of 
his own. Ah an illustration 
of the effect, five ye.ir» ajfo 
the city hail but three or four 
pearl button factories. Three 
years later it had in the 
nei),fhlHirh'»Kl I'f fifty. This 
industry, howe\er, was of very 
rapid growth, but it (;och to 
show what cheap |«iwer will 

do low.'irti increasinff manuf.'icturiii);. .\ project th.'tt is now in the 
hands of the Commercial Club, with fair prospects of bein^,' deveh>|>ed 
at no dist.'int day is the construction of a c.inal from Moscow, a little 




n<IMK Ol- Rl:V. F. I.Al'KKNT, KIKTV VKAKS I'KlliSI AT ST. MATTHIAS' 



over twelve miles away, for lie purpose of furnishin); water p >wer. 
This project has been .'t^iliitetl a v.irious times, and surveys recently 
made prove that it will be practical. There is a fall of sixty feet 
between the Cedar river at Moscow and the Mi.ssissippi at Muecatine. 
and the volume of water to be obtained by the construction of the canal 

would be sullicicnt to furnish 
l>>wcr for everv m.inufactur- 
injf concern in the city, with 
plenty to spare. It is only a 
(|uestion of time, in the opin- 
ion of capitalists and manu- 
facturers, when a company 
will be formed to carry the 
scheme to a successful conclu- 
sion. The (vissibilities of 
manufacturing;' under such an 
arrant^cment can scarcely be 
estimated. 

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MV.'.SC/\TINE AS A PLACE 
OK HEALTH. 

That "wealth without 
health" is of little value is 
univcrs.illy conceded: and 
during- the years that Musca- 
tine has pushed forward in 
the race for commercial 
supremacy, she has not for a 
moment forgotten the im|v>it- 
ance of taking steps for com- 
plete sanitary protection. 
The death rate has been excoe<lingly low, and contagion arising from 
neglect of proper precautions l>y the city is almost wholly iniknown. 
The foresight of the pioneers, who so long ai"' l.iid the foundation for 




ST. MATTHIAS' CHURCH, SCHOOt, AND SISTERS' HOME. 



ity'» K<°L'atnc»!i, in nclcclinjf IhU K|><it, accounts in a ^rcut measure 
itir itH lii-altlifuIni-HH. ns it* natural ilraina(;v facilities arc unsur- 
paHiwil. The city authoriticH have taken full advantage of this fact, 
and h.iTc constructed a most complete Hy»tem uf public itewerH, with 
branches reaching intu all parts "f the city. The rapid jrrowth of the 
city during the past few years 
hna made il necessary tn dis- 
play Kfcat activity in the 
matter of constructing; sewers, 
but there has at all times 
been n cordial co-<>i>erati(in 
with the authorities, anil 
demands ha\e In-en met almost 
SH rapidly as they were 
created. As a re-.ult the city 
has ,1 system of drain.iKe and 
sewers that falls 'jut little 
short of perfection. 

Next to |>erfect drainage 
an aliund.mt supply of ki»h\ 
ilrinkini; water is |K-rhaps 
the greatest essential fur the 
health of a |Kipiilous city. 
Musc'itine dr:iws its city 
water supply from the Missis- 
sippi ri\er, a very extensive 
and Complete system of w;.ter 
works, Constructed by a com- 
pany twenty-tive years iiifo. 
The water is filtered through 
scltlin^ basins :ind pum|)c>1 

to an immense reservoir of m:iny millwin (..'allons capacity, fmin 
wluMiiT it is piped Ihroiijjhout the city. The comp.iny's fr.inchisc 
I'xpirod in l)ecfiiit)er,^l''00, and the city, availing' itself of a privile>;e 




IN WIKD.I I, \SI 



to buy the plant, voted at a s|H.-ci.'il election held recently to purchase 
.ind operate the water works. The plant was Ijoujrht for one hundred 
thousand doll.-irs, and when ;i new system of tillers in contemplation is 
in operation, the water will be exception.illy clear and free from all 
orjranic impurities. As it is, it rates with the best filtered river water 

alon^ the Mississippi, and is 
far .ihcad of the averajje. 

Muscatine has broad and 
well paved streets, its build- 
ings :irc as a rule, low and 
well ,cntilate<l, and there .ire 
few, if any, overcrowded dis- 
tricts in the city. These 
elements are conducive to^tiod 
health, and the fact that the 
city authorities have in the 
p.ist piven particular atten- 
tion to layintr sewers ;ind 
wiiter mains before the streets 
were paved h;is obvi.ited the 
necessity of tearin^f up p.ived 
lhorou),'hfares, and jwrmit- 
tin^ |Mjisonous va|iors to pol- 
lute the .■itmosphere — a 
s.iiiitary evil ti»> well knovK-n 
to many municip.ilitics. The 
^Jene^.■^l he.ilth of the city is 
and always has been i^omI, a 
condition th.itinay be ascribed 
to a superior j^eo>;rai)hic;il 
loc.'ition and a wise ;ind care- 
fol >.;mit.iry ailminislration. 

A NATURAL FOREST PARK. 

tin ;i hiifh eminence of the e.istern limits of the city, at a (mint 
which overl<«>ks ihe g^reat river for many miles .it either side of the 




ENTRANCE TO WEED PARK. 




TIIK MISSISSIl-IM KIVKK, Hll.ll IIKILM.K 




AND STEAMER ST. PAUL, FROM WATER STREET. 



aniflc mntte by the "(;rcat Hciul," lii's Wocil Park. This ina^,'iiilici-nt 
tract ii( primeval forest include* sixty-three broad acres, and is la-yond 
doubt one of the jfrandent natural forest parks in the Mississippi 
valley. It is, on a smaller »calc, a rejinKhiction of that jrijfantic play- 
ffround of Nature, Forest Park, in St. Louis, which has excited the 
wonder and adinir.ition of all 
who have visited it and which, 
in America, is second only to 
the Yellovistone. In contem- 
plating the |x>ssibililies of 
Weed P.irk. which has but 
recently been thrown open to 
the public, one can. by Kivintf 
rein to the im.'iKinatinn, see .'i 
(garden s|iol that will rival 
famous parks of the world. 
Of course the improvements 
arc yet to lie made, but the 
^jrountl work — the work <if 
nature is here. Majestic 
oaks, elms, :tnd native forest 
trees, rich car|vts of heavy 
blue Krass. hi^h (Hiints of 
observ.'ition, rustic walks and 
driveways, phrehisloric 
mound*, shady nooks, tlu- 
Indian trail anil old overland 
stil^e route, combine to m.'ike 
up the natural .ind historic 
points of interest in the park. 
Thin magnificent park was 

presented t^i the city of Muscatine in 1«'W by Dr. James Weed anil his 
wife, Mary Weed two benevolent pioneers, whose lives have been 
passed at their beautiful home located near the in.iin entrance ti> the 




I W N IN M : 



park, t )f the many benefits the citv has acquired of late through the 
^:enerosity of public-spirited citizens Weed Park occupies a prominent 
place, and will ever remain a monument to the memory of its worthy 
donors. Tie Museatine Klectric Railway company, it isex|H'Cted. will 
build an extension U> Weed Park this year. >•>•>• 

PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. 
The pa>t two ye.irs h;ive 
contributed fjencrously to 
Muscatine's public institu- 
tions. Simultaneous with an 
awakcninu' of public spirit on 
the part of pro^fressive citi«ns 
benevolent men and women 
who have lived lonj; and pros- 
pered in the city have be- 
queathed to Muscatine a 
public park, a public library, 
.1 city hospital, a cemetery 
chapel, and a home for old 
ladies. A line unKlern oi>era 
house h.is also been opened 
within the past year, ten 
tlious.'inil dollars tow.'ird its 
Construction beinjr contributed 
by citizens on the o|K-nin>r 
ni^'ht. 

The Musser I..it>rary, 

which is shown elsewhere in 

an en^^r;lvin^c made from the 

plans of Messrs. Patton, 

Fisher and Miller, of Chicago, 

the architects, is a jjift from P. M. Musser, of the Musser Lumber com- 

p; ny. As PiCTfKi-SyfK Miscati.si-: ^oes to press ^,'round is being 

broken at the corner of Third street and Ii>wa avenue for the new 




RESIDENCE OF MKS. K. MlSSi:K. 



library, which will ciml, whoii complctoil. in the ncijfhliorhuod of forty 
thuufcUiul dullarit. It will Im.- inaiiit.iincd by the city. 

0( the public hiMtpital no detuiU have aa yet l>een made public, 
further than thr aniiouiiccmeiit that Mihb Mira Hershey, dau^rhter of 
the_late llenjamiii ller»hey, luinbcrniaii. would donate t" the city a 
modern lh>«pital, to be c<in- 
Ktructed at an early date. 
The donor ban purchaiie<l 
KroundH on "(>Kilvie Hill," a 
Iwautiful tract commandiu); 
an excellentjview <if the river 
Menery, and while detaiU 
have not yet iK-en made puldic, 
frienilB of the lady whose 
liene\olence will gladden ho 
many h.kI liven, say it will be 
Complete in every ap|ioint- 
ment. It in H.iid forty thous- 
and dollars will be ex|H-udi-(l 
in confttructint; the hospit.il, 
which, when completed, will 
be inainl lined by the city. 

W.-eil I'ark, the »;''< of 
James :ind Mary Weet! to the 
city, is deHcri>H-d and par- 
tially | illustrated on another 
pa|.^e. The Muscatine Klec- 
tric K.lilway eomp;iny will in 
all probability build an 
extension to Weed I'.Trk early 
this sca.Hon. With the com- 
pletion of the new jsiwer plant now beiuj; put in by the street railw.iy 
people, and with any kind of a reaiMmable franchi-i' '.r cntract with 
the city, the cars will surely run to the park. 





- I OHT OX 



The new chapel at the entrance of Creenwcxid cemetery, shown in 
an illustration elsewhere, is also a gift to the city. The name of the 
donor, however, is not yet revealed to anyone except the contractor and 
builder, and that gentleman is as silent .'is the tombs beyimd the 
chapel when questioned. The chajK-l will be dedicated soon, and the 

dimor's name will then be 
carved in the stone .ibove the 
entrance. 

The Old Ladies' Home, 
located in a most pleasant 
residence part of the city, on 
>fulberry street, was founded 
four years ago, and is main- 
tained by private subscrip- 
tion. The fine residence 
building occupied by the home 
was donated by Mr. and Mrs. 
P. M. Musser. The home is 
for aged ladies who are left 
.'(lone, :ind many of its occu- 
pants have set :iside |x>rtions 
of their est.ites for its m.iin- 
tainance and support. 

The Grand Opera House, 

openetl the day following 

Christmas, 1*K)0, is a miKlern 

ground H<K>r theatre, equipped 

with all the newest theatrical 

parapharn.'ilia and was built 

at a cost of thirty thousand 

dolUirs. It has .1 seating 

cap:icity of eleven hundred, divided into eight proceniuni Ixjxes, parquet, 

dress circle, balcony .ind gallery. The stage is <me of the largest in 

the state, and all scenery is new. The Grand w.is constructed by Geo. 



ti' Mississn-i'i. 




WEST THIRD STREET IN MIDSUMMER. 



K.' Julinstiiii, <i( St. LoiiiM, after :i Ikmuis of ten thousanil ilnll.irs was 
a^tsiircil him. The house was sold to Messrs. Kemble it Keinljle shortly 
;ifter its ojuMiitifs', and was iinmeiliately thereafter admitted into the 
C'hamt>crlain-Kindt theatrical circuit, thereby insuring' lirst-class 
attractions. Charles \V. Kemble is manager, and the the.itre has 
played excellent attractions 



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to crowiled houses all winter. 
The (irand is .t result of 
eflforts put forth by the Com- 
mercial Club to secure for 
Muscatine ,1 minlern the.'itre. 
The Muscitine Commercial 
Club, an orjranization com- 
pfised of ,-ibout one hundred 
.'ind lifty business men, h:is 
demonstrated the fact th.'it 
orK.-inized effort will accom- 
plish wonders. The Club, 
which w.is orKanized nine 
ye.irs ajfo, has been behind 
all im|>ortant public impri>\e- 
mcnts anil pushed them \i< 
successful termination, yield- 
ing to no discour.ijfements If 
a sleepy city council happened 
to stand in the path of com- 
mercial projfress, the Commer- 
cial Club would elect a live 
one and drive ahe.id. Like 
the "pepperbox" revolvinjf 
pistol described by Mark 

Tw.iin, "if she didn't pet what she went .ifler she brouj^ht somclhinj; 
else." The Club h.is st.trted an.l '.i.ickoil the movements tliat paved ten 
miles of Muscatine's streets with brick; thai built a new and complete 




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system of sewers; that arched PapixKjse creek (a rank twenty-foot 
canyon that formerly ran throujfh the center of the city) with masonry 
and paved it over with brick; the movement th.'it built the Muscatine 
North and South r;iilroa(l, thereby jfivin^f Muscatine ;i competitive rail- 
way line: the movement that supplanted the old horse car line with an 

excellent electric street rai- 

way .system; that constructed 
the Drury Toll Hoad, a three- 
mile approach to the Hif.^h 
liridf^e across the Illinois bot- 
toms, which was ^r^aded, 
macad.'imized, rip-rapped and 
bridffed at a cost of thirty 
thousand dollars. The Club's 
persistent efforts practically 
built (he new (>r.'ind oper.'i 
house ;ind l>e)(.'in the improve- 
ments that will ultimately 
jfive to Muscatine the finest 
natural forest p.ark in Iow.i. 
The Club's benefits are not 
entirely commercial in char- 
acter. It maintains a suite 
of elejrantly-furnished rooms, 
ilivided into reception rooms, 
lirary, card room, t>illi.ard 
h.ill and Ixiwling alley. It is 
open :it times, and members 
have the rijfht to entertain 
^juests from out of the city. 
Husi ness sessions are held once 
a week, on Monday nights. TheolVicers of the Commercial Club ;ire, John 
H. Munroe, I'res. ; Charles Paj^e, vice Fres. ; lOd. C. Cook, Treas. ; \V. G. 
Block, Sec. The executive committee is composed of the above named 



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hTS l.S 1111; KIVI K. 




AT TWII.IC.HT. 



oflicern anil the chairmen >it the varinu* ci>inmitti-c», who arr \V. L 
Roach. Krc«l Paul. J. \V. Eclls. S. B. Cook. Charles Cadlo. Win. H 
lIofTman, and Phil J. Mackry. 

^ ^ ^ 
OVH PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
A very Rootl criterion 
of the ciilliire of any city in 
her inlerent, <ir lack of it, 
maniU-iitril in the welfare 
anil kinilly feeling shown 
l>y all cititenii in the public 
hcIuh'Ih. With our inixeil 
ixipulation and a conittant 
influx of forei^nerH the 
iniHKion of our ttcliiadii in 
" Amcricaniiinjr " the inan- 
lUTH ami training them t" 
diiicharKe their best dutle- 
aH citi/euH is one that 
Khould ap|>eal to all think- 
InK mindH. In nome place* 
an apathy \n shown toward 
the Hchools. The mass of 
people know but little of 
what is beinis'done in them, 
and even the p.irents, much 
U'HH the sch>«>l iMi.'inl, sel- 
dom visit any rooms to note 
either work or proRrensive 
spirit shown. Jud^in^; by 
Muscatine's recent schiol 

election and the gre.it intereHt shown, in which f.ir more votes v*'ere 
polled th.in in her municipal election, this cannot but betoken a ^reneral 




;iwakeninK by the mass of |X'ople toward the public schix>ls. as ref(ard!> 
their broader .scope and increasing efficiency. Much in war is due to 
leadership: anil this is just as true in shaping any system of eil ucation. 

With the exception of a 
short time the sch<x>ls have 
been under the able leader- 
ship of Mr. F. M. Witter 
for nearly thirty years. In 
the earlier ye.irs, when the 
enrollment was smaller 
and less su|K-rvi8ion was 
necilcd, one-half or more of 
his time was spent in the 
'eachin).r of the sciences in 
•he lli^h School, richly 
• iiiloweil by nature for this 
work hesuccessfully taught 
the Zoology, Chemistry 
anil Ikitany cl.isses, as 
luMulreils of Muscatine citi- 
zens can bear testimony. 
Of late years, in deference 
to the wishes of the Board 
of Education, Prof. Wit- 
ter'.s time has been enterely 
spent in supervision. The 
(liK^h School Buililmt;, 
recently erected at a cost 
of S30,00ll, IS in every way 
a nKKlel buildinK^ for its 
pur(v>se. Its principal, 
Mr. K. K. Schall, closely l(K>ks after all the details toward runninK^ .1 
successful school. He is ;iblv assisted bv Miss Mollie Whichcr. Miss 




residp;nce ok mks. s. m. battkkson. 



Einin:i Umlerwcxxl, Miss Mary Ryan and Miss Nellie Nealley. Many 
citizens have lun^ demanded the placing; of a business course in its 
curriculum, and it remains to be seen whether the new Board of 
Kducation will accede to the [vipular demand. 

The First Ward schoil is at)ly iirrsided 'nor l>y Prin. .1. M. I>ukcns. 
His years of teaching; have nut 
been spent, however, in this 
one building. A lin^^er time 
was he principal of the Third 
Ward litiildin).;, and still 
resides near it. His assistant 
is Miss Anna C. Johnson in 
the ei(,'hth jjrade, and below 
this there are, respectively: 
Miss Bertha Honer, Miss 
Belle Connor. Miss Mary 
Piatt, Miss Kllie Spicher, 
.Miss Anna Kincaid, Miss 
Maude McCoy, ;ind Miss Lucy 
Neill. 

The Second Ward, or 
Cedar Street building, is 
presided over by Mrs. Emma 
L. Mahin, who possesses a 
*ide teachinff experience in 
nearly all the >frades. Her 
assistant is Miss Kv;i John- 
son, and her corps of teachers 
are composed of Misses Anna 
Coyner, Anna McI)ou^^all, 
Kmma Howe, Sarah K. Hill, 
Kit.i llerry, Jetta Hunt and 
■ ssie Murphy. 

The Third Ward buildinf; stands on perhap.- the most si|^htly 
eminence in the city, and is of itself a lar^e three story brick. Its 
lirincipal, Mrs. Anna C. Kennedy, was formerly a teacher in St. Louis, 




Wll.l) CAT S DKN 



and has had years of experience in this city as well. Her corps of 
teachers are Misses Fannie C. Hadley, Mal)cl Leverich, Sophia 
Hagerman. Edith Parker, Jennie Hawlcy, Cora Hurlbut, Anna Lewis, 
May Leydji and Lucy Connor. 

The Fourth Ward buililin^r sustained a great loss a few years 

since in the death of the prin- 
cipal, Miss Sarah Johnson. 
Her noble influence and untir- 
injs' efforts amonj^ the younjf 
■ if this part of the city will 
IP it soon be forgotten. Her 
i-sistant, who stood close to 
li.-r in her work, was chosen 
till her place — Miss Cina 
McCoy, who now is assisted 
iiy Misses Emma Appel, Flor- 
loe Le (Juatte, Mollie Her- 
!«•, Helen IJrijfham, Alice 
.Miilf..rd. Minnie Headley, 
Letty Kennedy and Sue Erb. 
The Musserville building 
is one of the newer ones, 
recently erected from a small 
frame building, it was 
enlargeil to a structure of four 
rixims and these are overflow- 
u^; at the present writing. 
I's principal. Miss Minnie 
iiown, lives in this part of 
the city, and has always been 
rcaily to lend ;i helping, up- 
liftful hand in all that pertains to the welfare of the young in day. 
Sabbath school .ind church work. Her teachers are Miss F.innie 
McUaniel, Mrs. Florence Smith and Miss Jennie Ewing. 




ON SOUTH MUSCAI1M-. i.AGoON. 



The Kant Hill buililin^r, tt»>, has jfrown from <ine uf a sint^lc room 
to that of filur, and lhc»c were ovcrcrowile«l in .1 few short years. The 
principal, Mi»H Jessie ISraiinwarth, although not living; in this part of 
the city, hail done much f'lr all lii-r piipiU lnwanls t>roadenin(f their 
Hm-*. Hit te.icher* arc 
MJMM-n lU-Niiie Robcrthon, 
Ma Hrowii anu' Kmma 
Manl..ve. 

Ttu- West Hill Huihl- 
ini; has fur il» principal 
MiftA Mary McDouKal, liv- 
lut; near it and esteemed liy 
everyone. Her teachers are 
Miss Kllen Kin^. Mrs. 
Arina Jepsoti and Miss 
>tins<in. 

Xiitteriille seems to be 
•lie line part nf the city that 
has not Kf'M'" a* many 
others. Her one room 
biiililini; is but comfort- 
ilily tilleil. It is presided 
>T by Mi'is Isn (Irecley. 

.Muscatine possesses a 
music loving people, and 
the special teacher of this 
br.'inch, Mrs. Davis, and 
the results oi her work, 
merit the approbation of 
•r pe«iple generally. 

Two other branches also receive the effort nf a s|)ccial teacher, Mr. 

Plumley, who takes the writinjr and drawing' from the first to the 

:;hth i^'r.ide. ^ Mr. Hlumley's iintirin); efforts and hii;h talents have 




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■added a |K>lish to graduates of the Muscatine scho i|.s that will 

remiiin through their lives. 

The crowded condition of some of the buildings has been hinted .it 

before. Muscatine docs not differ in this resfK-ct from other rapidly 

increasing cities, many of 

"^^ which lack school room and 
have been com|>elled to 
have half day sessions, the 
one teacher having differ- 
ent classes in mornings and 
afternoons. The Iloard of 
Kducation was com|H-Iled 
to make this arrangement 
in our primary grade 
throughout the city schools. 
Without entering into the 
arguments that can be 
advanced pro and con u|)on 
the subject, it has ' not 
seemed to be approved by 
people, who, at the re- 
cent, electors' meeting were 
emphatic in demaniling 
:idditional room. That this 
much needed room can l>e 
provided, and that all our 
young people may have the 
advantages to be derived 

in character building 
attending school in pleas- 
ant surroundings, presided 

over by broad-minilcd men and women, is certainly a consummation 

greatly to be desired. 




RKSIBKNCE OF HKNKV JAYNE. 



MUSCATINE CHURCHES. 

MiiHC.itine IH well |iriniik-il with churches. Kiftccii ilifferent 
ilcnoniinalinnM arc reprcitenlcil. While there ih no especially hand- 



Aii Kni^lish Lutheran church ha> lately heeii <ir^'aiii/e(l ami this 
ciinnre;jatii>ii i;. ercctiii>r a haiulsonie chajwl in one i>( the tincHl buiUl- 
inff cites in the city. 

The German |«)pulatiiin ha^s churches ami p.isturu of their own 



Mime church architecture in the city, moht of the church eilifice> are nationality, and amonif them are some of the best edifices .ind largest 



HuliHt.intial. commiKliou* and 
well e<iuip|H-d. 

The personnel of the pul- 
pits channe from time to time, 
according to lh<- |K>lily of the 
churches and according to the 
mutual agreement o( others. 
To this there have been one or 
two exceptions notably in the 
Koinan (."aiholic churches. 
t)ne of the wellkiiown and 
universally esteemed citizens 
t.( Muscatine is the Kev. 
l»hilii> I-aureni, priest of St. 
M.itthias. Kor half a century 
he has served his parish with 
fidelity anti success, and 
enjoys not only the aflTection- 
atc rejfard of his own llocU, 
but that of the citizens gen- 
erally. 

Situated near the business 
portion o( the city are the 
Haptist, l'on>t re Rational. 
Kpiscopjil, Methislist and 
I'resbyterian churches. To 
the east anrf north of the busir.css centre is locateil the Cniled Ilrethren 
church. To the KrientU church belongs the diKtinction of having the 
only lady p.i.stor in Muscatine. Mrs. Kr.inces K. ?/iter. 




conjf.-ejfations in the city. 
Anion;; them the Baptist. 
Et.'ini^elical, K v ant^el ical 
I^utheran and Methodist 
Kpiscopal ;ire represented. 

St. Ma r v," s Catholic 
Church, Rev. J. I. Grieser, 
Paster, has one of the laryfcst 
c >n;jre;rations in the city and 
its parochi.'il school, like that 
of St. Matthias' church, is 
well conducted .ind has a 
lar^e .ittendance. Kn;;rav- 
iufjs of Muscatines Catholic 
churches and schcx>ls appear 
on other p.'iKcs. 

There is a Church of 
(.'hrist. Scientist, in the city; 
;ilso_a Jewish Synaj^ojjue ;ind 
.-in A. M. K. church. 

While these different de- 
nominations lalmr, each in its 
own w.iy, for the moral and 
rcliK^iiJUs welf.ire of the city, 
it is pleasant to l)e at>le to 
state that the most hearty 
and cordial Koixl'^i-'llowship 
exists amon;; them. 

As stated in ;i forejroinp 
p.-ira;,'raph there are no espoci.illy handsome churches, from an archi- 
tectural slaiulpoir.t. in Musc.itine, ami hence an en^fravinff h;id been 
arranged to show the spires, mini.irets, etc., of the churches. 



OI-l'I.AM rlSlll.M.; i;k<II .\D. 




RESIDENCE AND BUSINESS BLOCK OF DR. S. G. STEIN. 




RtsIDENCK OF A. F. HtTCHIN<;s. 




A GLIMPSE FROM THE "RIVER ROAD." 




MfSlATINK nil. II Sfllool,. 




hESIDENCE OF JUDGE CARSKADDAN. 



THL HERSHEV STATE BANK. 

K».rl X -Ihii-t* \c.ii'« .i^o till* ti.tiikiit:; |jiui>c t\"\\ Uii<>v\ii .»?* 
the HirKh.-y State Hank «a» eHiablUheil liy AlitHjtt, Uuttuii iV 
Patters >ii. It wa« a private liaiik when orKanizcil. In Is.-*) it 
lH.-c.iine a branch i)f the State Hank of Iowa. Later in 1>«>-J or 

'65, it becatnc a X.i- 

tionnl l>ank and wa^ 

called the Muscatine 

Nntiiinal dank. In 

ItiTd, (.'enteniiial ve.ir 

the Muscatine Xa- 

tiunal uas succeeded 

by ({. A. liarrctMin 

& Cu., a tiru) vviilely 

and fav<>ral)ly known 

in omiinercialcircle.s. 

In IHVl Hershey, 

llrow n & Co.. suc- 

ceedetl (iarretson iV 

Co., ,'iMd in December, 

1H<M, the institution 

w ,1H incor|Kirati'il ,'is 

the Ilershey State 

Hank. The |ires«'Mt 

oIlicerH and directors 

arc: Prcsiilent. 1*. 

W. Francis; Vice 

PreHidont. Henry 

J.iyne; Cashier. L. 

(i. Ilurnett. Uircc- 

lors: S.ira llrrshey 

Kd.lv. Mira Hershey, 

IV '.V. Francis, Henrv Jayne, and L. tl. Ilurnett. A general 

liankinK' business is transacted, loans are made on real e.state 

and (our |wr cent interest is paid on time de|>osit. The ]iaid 



HKHSHKV STATK HANK. 



up capital uf the institutiun is tifty th>U'>iil d illars, and its 
business, which is one of the most extensive iii this lo;ility, 
has sh>>wn a steady incre.ise from the time of the b ink's 
ori^aization. The orticers and directors include some of the 
most subst.'intial financiers in the community, in c mssqucncc 
of which the institution enji.ys the full contiilence of a lar(;e 

c mstituency. Mus" 
catine's >;rowth anil 
prosperity has been 
due in a jfre.it meas- 
ure to the hitfh ch.ir- 
.icter of her financial 
institutions. amon^ 
u hich this bank is an 
import. lilt factor. 
1'he name of Hershey 
State Bank issynony- 
mous with financial 
st.ibility. and all 
possible )irec.'iutions 
and safej;uards are 
thrown around it. 
It is .'t member of the 
.American Hankers' 
and low.-i Bankers' 
associations — both 
protective companies 
.iiul carries heavy 
insurance .i^'ainst 
liurtfl.irs. The bank 
is eipiipped with tire 
proof vault contain- 
iiiR a in'xiern Mosler 
screw door safe. It occupies all of the (ground floor of the 
buildinK' on corner of Seconil street and Iowa avenue, shown 
in the .iccomp.inyini; ennr.ivinff. 





THE GROTTO-WYOMIXG HILL. 




KKSIDENCE OK FKANK l>. SAWVKK. 




INTERIOR IN RESIDENCE OF DR. F. U. LITTLE. 



tin.'inci.'il 



GERMAN-AMERICAN BANK. 

The latest aclilition to MuHcatini-'s tinancial institutionH i.s 
the Crrman-Amcrican Hank. It was c.stalili*hcil July 1, 1«>>9, 
•tcppinf; at once tut" putilic favur. for its utTicorH, <l i recti irs and 
HtuckholilerH wen- widely ami favurably known 
circles a» men of un- 
questioned Btaliility. 
The jiaiil up capitil 
of the hank is sixt\ 
thousandiloUars. an<l 
the de|n.sits, which 
of course fluctuate. 
have shown a steaily 
increase month hy 
month, ever since the 
founding; lif the hank. 
At present the depos- 
its amount to four 
hundreil and fifty 
thuusaiul dollars. 

The Germ;i 
American hank occu- 
pies the ^jrounil IliNir 
of the iloudek hlook, 
a huildin^ construct- 
ed principally for thf 
use of the hank, and 
Its apiKiintments are 
niiKlern, convenient, 
Hurroundetl hy every 
s.'tfef^uanl th:it in^^en- 
uity cm devise. The 

vault, whichi extends from the hasement throujrh the up|H-r 
stories of the l>l<s;k. is liuilt of vitrilied hrick and closeil with 
dours and' casin^^H of chrome steel. It is divided into two 




apartments. One .ipartmcnt is occupied hy the bi^ Diebuld 
safe, whose six-inch walls are made of chrome steel. This 
safe door is fastened automatically by a triple chnmometer 
self-actinjf lock —one that would jfive a cracksman br.iin fever 
to contemplate in the event of his ever reachin).f the outer door. 
The other side of the vault is >x:cupied by the safety de|«>sit 

boxes, for the use of 
depositors. This 
section of the vault is 
.ipproached from the 
lobby by a separate 
il("ir. Customers 
have priv.ite keys to 
their dei>oslt Itoxes, 
but c.'innot open their 
boxes unless the 
cashier's key is in- 
serted at the sairc 
lime. Neither can 
the cashier's key 
open one of the Ivxes 
without the presence 
of the customer's key. 
So the s.ifety ilejiosit 
boxes are safe. One 
hundred and twenty- 
tive Imxes ;ire now in 
;ind the vault has a 
capacity for three 
hundred and fifty. 

The bank is di- 
vided into .I directors 
room, s.ifety de|)osit 
apartment, lobby, cotintinf;, ri«im and vault. Tile tli>irs, 
Krencli plate fflass, |>>lished oak fixtures, and new ami nvKlern 
bank furniture give totheinstitution ametropolitan appearance. 



IKMVS VMIKKAN SAVINGS HANK. 




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LOOKING WEST FROM MR. SWAN'S RESIDENCE, CORNER THIRD AND CHERRV STS. 



DKSPITK the many new industries that HUTTIG BKOTHERS 
h.ive sprmiif up in the Missi-.sippi ^» * Mi tit A *~t-i tdi vi^^ r~ i~s 
ValU-v in the last quarter of a century. i^AINUt A«^ 1 UKIINCj i^%J. 

tho manufactureof Sa.ih. U<K>rs, lllintis, anil «>• J* ^ 

House l-'urni»hin^s continues tu l>e the lea<lintr industry in 
Muscatine. It was the tirst manufactory, asiile from the saw 
and planing mills, to ^ain a foothold in this (lortiun uf the 
west, anil each year has 
seen it increa.se. The 
oldest <intl oriffinal sash 
and Door Plant the 
"mother plant," is that 
«.f the MuttijT Brothers 
Manufacturiny Company. 
Kroin the very minlest 
tie^innini.: in 1KT4, when 
the original firm of Hul- 
ti(; Brothers, (William ami 
Kreilericki started their 
sm.ill "shop" for the 
manufacture of sash, doors 
and blinds, doini; their 
own work, the jfieat f,ic- 
tories in Muscttine, St. 
LhiuIs, St. Joseph, and 
Kansas C'ily h.ive ^rown- 
KUpplyin^ a trade th.'it 
re.iches into the st.ites ,'iiid 
territories in the I'nion, 
anil furnishing employ- 
ment to the heads III thous- 
ands of families. Musca- 
tine is es|<ecially proud 
of the possession <»f the 
Kreal manufacturing 

plant shown in the .iccompanyin^ illustration, as well as the 
citizenship of its present «.wners, Messrs Wm. Huttij;, the 
president and founder, and his son. I'ol. H.irry Hutti^, secre- 
tarr .md jjeneral man.tmr. The best paid and most skillful 
mech.mics in the city .ire emptoyi'il in the sash and door 
factories, and the pl.int runs the ye.ir around without stoppinjf, 
except for repairs. In fact, during a recent season of hnan- 
cial depression, the plant was run at Ji loss for a term, in 
order to jjive employment t.i the men The Hiitti|.:s are .•|lnon^r 
the best known manufacturers alon^ the river, and it is 



seldom, indeed, that an establishment of this 

character, or any other establishment, 

climbs to the lop rouiul of the ladder and 

carries the ^ood will, co-ojieration and 

loyalty of its employes. But the Hutti^s have dime this, and 

many of the best and most pros|K-ruus men in their employ are 

those who have been with them a series of years, and own 

their homes in Muscatine. 
The business melhoils of 
the tirin, the interest they 
have shown in their em- 
ployes, and the loyal 
mjinner in which thev 
have stfiod for every in- 
terest in Muscatine are 
factors that have placed 
the establishment in the 
hij;h regard in which it is 
lield here. 




The Hu<lij}-.Moss 
Mivnufacturing Co. 

of St Jo.seph, Missouri, 
is 4 branch of the Musca- 
tine establishment. Here 
they operate a larjfe f.ic- 
tory for the manufacture 
of special work and do a 
lar^e jobbinjj business in 
re).;ul,ir stock, part of 
which is furnished by the 
Muscatine concern, and 
part purchased in the open m.irket. The (.jreat volume of 
business clone at the St. Joseph house, amounts in value to 
.1 half a million dollars aniui.illy. .inil is proliably the 
larffe.st done by any sash and door cimcern west of the 
Mississippi river district. 

This company w.is est.iblished ten years ajfo, and Harry 
W. Huttif; is its president. 

The companies employ a force of ten s.ilcsmen mi the 
road represcntinvr the two concerns, and both factories are 
ke]>t busy the year around lillini^ rapidly increasing orders. 



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'LANT OF THE Hl'TTIG BROTHERS MANUFACTURING COMPANY 




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INTERIOR OF ELKS' LODCE ROOMS. 






1. KH-SIPKNCK l>K >. M III I.IIKS. 



Kh„SIDli.NLK OF D. V. JACKSON. 



3 AND 4. RESIDKNCE <>K K. M. WAKNKR. 




RESIDKNCE OF COL. HAKKV \V. HUTTIG. 



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A.BORCEII. 

NE.PRiCEGLOTH/Eff. 




INTKRIOH OF Cl.iiTIIINi; HOUSKOFSAM A. lloKi.KK. 




INTERIOK (IF RETAII, SHOK STOKK OK WIl.MiN .v CHl-.KK'i. 



THE HOME OF "FRIENDS* OATS" 

V« ">- V" 

A M(>N(> tin- in.my in.iiuif.icliirint; iniltiHlries in Muscatine, perhaps the one of which the least is known liicatlv. Imt which 
^^ CiintriJnites most towanl makini; the city's name a househluKI word thrllll^^hlmt the I'nitctl States ami in a vast nnmlier of 
fi.reit,'!! markets, is the immense plant of the Muscatine Oat Meal Company, situated on Water and Pine streets. The use of 
cereals as a breakfast fotsl has become a necessity within the past ten years, and the popularity of Friends' t);its haii 
contriliuted more than its share toward cre.itinjf a demand for pure and wholesome breakfasts. It is a well established fact 
that Converts to this palat.ible cereal will not be content with and other brand, so strong :i hold has it taken upon the public 

palate. This mammoth institu- 
tion, which is de\oteil to the 
m,inufacture of the well known 
cereal alM>\e mentioned, employs 
two hundred and tifty of Musca- 
tine's inhabitants in its several 
departments :in<l buildinf.rs- 
Ni^ht and day in endless (,'rind- 
inn, the perfected machinery c>n- 
tained in this pl,'int, |«>urs out 
a ceasless Contribution to the 
breakf.'ist tables of America, 
Kiiffland, Scotlaml, Germany, 
and many other countries of the 
old world. A car load of lum- 
ber is used daily in the m:inu- 
f.icture of bo.\es th;it contain 
the sixty-tive thous,ind packai^'es 
of Friends' ( )ats turned out 
each day by the Muscatine Oat 
Me.il Company. Only by the 
su|K-rior cpiality of their pnxl- 
uct h.is the output of the mills 
^rrown to its present m.a^nitude, 
since the or^jani/ation of the 
Company in 187''. Nine thous- 
and bushelsof oats, ship|H-d from 
one of the best oat districts in 
the United States e.i.stern low.i 
are daily put thnui^.'^h the 
process of prepar.ition for the 
Consumer. The Muscatine Oat 
Meal Company is not only well 
kntiwn in many homes, but also 
has .1 h\^;h standing' in commer- 
cial circles of America and 
forei^rn nations, carryinjf on at 




WIIKKK "FKIKNDS OATS" AKK MAIlK 



present business relations with about twenty-tive thousand firms in home and foreij^h markets. Over one hundred and fifty 
stationary representatives in all important commercial markets expound the superiority of Friends' Oats, and numerous travel- 
ing- salesmen canvass the wholesale trade in all parts of the country. The orig^inal and unique methods of advertising- em- 
ployed by this company to bring Friends' Oats before the public are numerous, but perhaps the most attr;ictive is the Friends' 
Crew. Crews of young ladies, dressed in the plain garb of the Ouakeress, make trijis from town to town accompanied by a 
chaperon and traveling salesman. They call at the homes of citizens and leave sample packages of Friends' Oats. These 
traveling crews are a familiar and pleasing sight in many localities, and the coming^ of the "Friends Girl" is announced by 
the press and discussed by the people. The officers of the company are: President, S. G. Stein; Secretary and General 
Manager, F. P. Sawyer: Assistant 
Manager, J. R. Reuling. All are 
residents of Muscatine, whose in- 
terests in the city and its progress 
have been shown in large property 
investments outside of their busi- 
ness — citizens who help to make 
populous and prosperous cities of 
small towns. Every since the com- 
pany's organization, the officers in 
charge have kept in step with the 
times, and have always been on the 
alert to make advantageous im- 
provements. As a result of this 
principle, the Muscatine Oat Meal 
Company now possess one of the 
best equipped plants of its charac- 
ter in the world. A short time ago 
it liecame necessary, owing to a 
rapid increase of business to con- 
struct an immense warehouse on the 
river front for the storage of oats. 
This warehouse, designated as 
" Elevator B," is convenient to three 
railroads and two steamboat lines, 
and gives the company a storing 
capacity of two hundred and fifty 
thousand bushels of oats. To sup- 
ply the mills with a fine grade of 
oats— for none except the best quality 
is used — taxes the capacity of avast 
section of land contagious to Mus- 
catine, and growers of good grain 
may always depend upon a g-ood 
market here. Muscatine can lay 
claims to the largest exclusive oat 
meal plant in the world. 




ELKVATOR li— Mt'SC ATINK OAT MEAL COMPANY 




kI'-sidence: of chk-stek lilliukih..!. 




RESIDENCE OF PETER MUSSER. 



THE CARNIVAL CITY PACKET COMPANY 




MONt; Uk- l)e»t lraiis|..irt,itUiii (aoiliiich .ilT..nli-.l Mu.^jatine is the service K'i*<^" 
).v the Carnival City Packet Company's Steamers. They run from Muscatine 
'■■ I)aven|*irt. where close connections are made with the Acme Packet Com- 
pany's Steamers (or Clinton, ami fn.ni Muscatine south t.> llurliiiHicjn, wh'-re 
they connect with short line packets for Keokuk an«l Ouincy. anil the Diamoml 
Jo Line Steamers for St. Louis. These iM.ats are kept clean anil conifortablc 

anil let i;oimI tali'.es anil 

make very regular time 

from April 1st t i Nov. 

2iith in each year. They 

not only ofTer nice iniluce- 

mcnts to passengers, luit 

>fivc an excellent frciffht 

itervlce on very reasonable 

rates. Not only are the 

steamers a jjreat anil 

pleasant convenience, hut 

they have a wonilerful in- 

lliiencc in preventinjf ex- 
cessive freight rates. 

Muscatine encourages the steamboats by a very liberal patronay^e ami ^;e^f. an excellent service 

in return. W. A. Ulair of Davenport, is manaffer of the company, ami W. Ci. Block & Son are 

its Muscatine a(icnl>, and much of the line'-, phenomenal success is due to their enerjry and affability. 




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'WEST LAWN," HOME OK HON. J. M. KKMIU.E. 



GREAT GARDEN OF THE WEST. 

Munc.itiiie Inl.iiiil, the lioiiic uf thc luKciuiin iiicliiii ;inJ 
siicculfiit owcct iiotato, those jxipiilar pruducts that have made 
Miiiicatinc fainoiiit, i» a rich tract of lanil twenty-one miles 
U'U): bv aUiiit seven miles xviile, an le»el as a billiard table 
and a» prmluclive a.* any j;arilen !ti><>t <>n the planet. Mii^catine 
NIand. in the day* U-fin-c thc k'reat levee which nciw turns 
the waters uf the bayun 
into the river channel was 
conKtructed, was each year 
intimidated by the June 
ri»e of the Mississippi, 
and heavy ileposits of rich 
soil were annually left by 
the recedin^; waters. A 
luxuriant growth of wild 
grasses ami rushes covered 
the island after these an- 
nual overflows, and the 
decay int; ve(;etation .ind 
fresh ile|H>sits of soil left 
there during; the countless 
years that passed before 
the advent of the first 
settler have formed a soil 
whose fertility has few if 
any equals. Before the 
levee was built the island 
was considered a worthless 
tract of swamp land. Hut 
this was many years ajfo. 
It was sold at a dollar or 

two an acre, much of it, .md w.is only valued for the "slouRh 
hay" crops that iniKht or mi>:ht not be cut from it. Today 
the land would sell for two hundred dollars an acre if any 
of it were for s;ile. 

The island is divided into larjfe fruit and ve^ret.ible f.irms 
It-, principal pmducts .ire sweet potatoes, water melons, musk 




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melons, .mil all kinds of early K->rden truck, which is ship|K-iT 
from the island in train loads. In former ve.nrs, before Musca- 
tine island enjoyed the advant.i;,''es of railroad com|>etition, the 
melon output of the isl.iiul was limited to the number i>f cars 
the Kock Island Kailro.ul Company saw tit to furnish to the 
ffrowers, and many thousands of melons rotted on the farms. 
Since the tracks of the new Muscatine North and South Kail- 
road have been laid over the island, however, cars ;ire plenti- 
ful .'ind business is brisk. 
Two of the larjrest isl- 
and f.'irms are shown in 
accompany inic i 1 lust r;i- 
tions, those of the l.ile \V. 
H. Hoopes and of (."has. B. 
Vail. Both . these linns 
Own l.'irjie tracts of land 
and have commission 
h'lises in the city, ship- 
pini.,' hundreilsof car loads 
of pnwluce e.ich season. 
.■\n accompany injr illus- 
tration shows ,'in irri^atintj 
pl.int in oper.ition on the 
\V. H. HiKipes f.irm. Irri- 
IT.ition has but recently 
been resorted to on the 
island, but the results h.ive 
been so hi(^hly satisfactory 
th.it irritfation is now the 
rule instead of the except- 
ion in dry se.ison. From 
eiirht to ten feet below the 
surface ;i never failin;c 
supply of pure w.iter is to 
lie tound all <i\erthe isl.ind, 
.is cle.ir .IS crystal and 
pure and cold. Irrijfatinir 
machines pump from ilrive 
wells ,1 six- inch stream and keep it rtinnini.r for twenty-four 
hours at :i time. The abundant supply of pure water on the 
islanti recently discovered h.is interested the C'ity Council, 
which recently purch.ised the pl.int of the Muscatine Water 
Works Company, and it is |iossible tli.it the city's entire 
w.iler supply will, in the very near future, be furnished 
from this smirce. 



il. HUUlKs ISI.ANII I'AK.M. 




EVENING SCENE AT ISLAND HOME Ol W. H. HOU>'I-.S. 




li>\\A l.LH l"KIAI. A>SU1.1A1 lu.N Al A Ml i.u.S 1 VKl-k u.S 1111 l>l,AMi lAKM 1)1 «. II. lluul'ICS. 




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RESIDENCE AND VIIvWS ON THE GREAT ISLAND lARM OK C. B. VAIL. 



BARRY MANLiFACTVJRING COMPANY. 

Anoiher name tu lie addod t > the lotiK' list uf in.'iiuifactiir- 
itiff industries which have cintrihiitcd larjifely toward spread- 
injf abruad the reputatinn of Muscatine as a renter of genius 
and industry, is that of the Harry Manufacturinff Company. 
The plant "f this company, comprising' several mo«lern build- 
ings situateil •>» .Mulberry and Third streets, is constantly a 
scene of activity anti nj better illustration of what (lersonal 
application will accom- 



The most prominent of all the .irticles made by this lirm is 
the famous "Barry" lead trap, an invention of Mr. Nichol.ts 
Barry's which is a familar name to the e;irs of every pro- 
jfressive plumber. This .irticle alone has opened to them 
and to Muscatine a wide territory in the commercial world 
and since securing a patent on it they have experienced a 
steadily increasinii; demand for the "trap". Many of the 
(^'txxls made by the company are Jirticles patented by members 

of the lirm, hut continued 



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pliahed, can be found in 
the city. Few |K'i>ple who 
h,"ive never visited the 
plant or ,ire not f.imilar 
with the extensive busi- 
ness carried on by this 
firm, can rcali/e t"> how 
many different markets th. 
plummers supplies ma< 
by them, find their w;i 
Almost all of the m^: 
Miixlern articles employcil 
by plummers in supplyint.' 
'Uscholds with propr: 
i.icilities for piping; vvatn 
can be found .it thii 
f.ictory. Ifsorticers are .\ 
Harry, Sr., President; 1' 
J. Barry, Vice Presulent; 
;iiid N. Harry, Jr.. Secre- 
tary and Treasurer. Tl e firm was organized in 1H86, and 
from a modest beginning, as :t is with the growth of every 
successful industry, they h;ive br.inchcd out and extended, 
until at the present time they are cirrying on a business 
which reaches out to ,ill important markets of this country. 



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llAKKY MAN 



enlargments h.ive been 
m.ide, so th.it now they 
handle .ill kinds of plumb- 
ers" supplies. They fur- 
nish employment the entire 
ye;ir to about fifty Musci- 
tine people in the factories 
.mil are als<i represented 
'Ut side of the city. No 
more interesting place of 
Mian uf :ict 11 r i ng cin bo 
1 'und th.in that of the Barry 
M.'iniifacturi.ig Company 
Hid visitors are always, 
we I com ■. 

The otTicers of this 
•inpany are constantly 
jilaning additions and im- 
provements to their already 
extensive business, and 
are fast gaining .1 place among the names of the largest 
dealers in plumbing supplies in this country. They h:ive 
already gained a reputation :tmong inventors liy means of 
their improved and original contrivances, and the outlook 
for <i firm with such management is very hopeful. 





MUSCATINE COUNTY COURT HOUSE. 



MUSCATINE SASH AND OOOR CO. 

Prominent in the jfreat liimlier district of South 
Mimc.itine Ht.iniN this busy hive i«f itulustry, fiirnishini,' 
emi>lovin<-iit U> humlreils ■>< tireail winners ami ilistri- 
Initin^' train loails ..( its tinisheil prixliicl thnni^rhoiit the 
United States. The Muscatine Sash .V l)t>>r C«>., was 
inc<«riK-rated in Juno. INM't. with a paid up capital ..f 
S.V'Oo.i'O'. It manufactures d«««rs. sash, lilinds. mould- 
inK», stairs, inantelit. etc. Its lines of work includes 
cvcrvthinK required for the tinishiiik' of huildin^'s of all 
cl.lKses. from the cheai>est to the uio>t e.xpensixe; from 
the common slocU sash and di«irs to the finest anil most 
rIalNirate interior finish frimi r.ire and expensive hard- 
wokIs reipiired (or public liuililinjjs ami hiK'h clas~ 





resiliences. The liusiiic.ss li,t-s liatl a steady 
jjrowth, each year witnessinjr »4inie im|>jrt- 
ant .iddition to its facilities until it now has a 
capacity of more than athous-inddmirs. twelve 
hundred windows, one hundred p.iirs of 
blimls. sliMTk si/es. daily. In adilition to 
the above this company has lar^re and thor- 
ou).rhly up-to-date departments for the manu- 
facture of .all kinds of special mill work 
iniuner.iteil al)ove. They employ alniut 
three hundred men. The comp.iny also owns 
.and o|vratcs .i branch hou.se at Kans.as 
C'ity. Mi>. . which is tloin^' a larjfc .ind in- 
cre.isinj.,' business under the style of Koach 
»V Musser .M.mufacturiu).,' C'o. The olficers of 
the C'lmp.iuy are \V. L. Koach. Presiilent and 
liener.al ManaKer'.C K. Kox. Vice-President ; 
S. H. C"ook, Secretary :W. Musser. Treasurer. 
The house is prep.ired to quote delivered 
prices either from plans an<l sjiecitications 
or list iif items to .iny point in the I'nited 
St.ites. 



FACTOHV OK THE MfSC ATINI--. S VSH ANP IIOOK COMI'AXV t.OOKINC. WKST. 




PLANT OF THK MUSCATINE SASH AND DOOR COMPANY, LOOKING EAST. 




HF.SIUKNCK ANIi I.IIIHAKV OK \V. I.. KOACH. 




PARLOR IN RESIDENCE OF W. L. ROACH. 



SOUTH MUSCATINt LUMBER. COMPANY. 

One of ihc indii.strieit which contributes larffcly toward making known the name of Muscatine as a lumber center, is that 
carried on l>y the South Muscatine Lumber Company. The plant of this firm, situated .'it the lower end of the ci'y. perh.ips 
better known to the older citizens as ••Hershey's Lt>wer Mill'" has been thoroughly re-m<Hleled .mil the latest improvements 
instigated since Coming into the possession of Uie new firm. The present orticers ;ire. John H. Kaiser. President and 
Treasurer; Mrs. John H. K.iiser, Vice-Presi<lent, and Mr. L. C. Lenck, Secretary. Mr. K.iiser and Mr. Lenok are b<ith 
citizens of thai ty|>e of which a community can Ixiast. They are Ixith interested |H-rson.illy in the pro^;ress of the citv ;ind throu^rh 
the medium of their jjrowinj; inilustry .'ire .issistinjf jjro.itly tow.ird ot.ibli^hinj,' the n.imo of Mii-catine as a m.inuf.icturinif center. 

.\ force of over three 
hundred ;ind seventy-five men 
are employed in the factories 
of this concern, employment 
l.'istini,' the entire year in 
.'ilmost all departments. The 
s.iw mill an<l box factory are 
verit.iblf btiman bee hives of 
industry and present ,'i specti- 
• le to which .Muscatine citi- 
/••ns proudly lead their visitors. 
That the ilemand for their 
\\ork is steailily on the in- 
re.ise is illustrated by the 
ict that they have at no time 
lurini^'the p.ist to ye.irs been 
i|> with their orders. Durini,' 
■he year I'KX). over .5S.OlO.00o 
■ t't of hunber jiassed throu;;h 
lieir mill the s.iles .imounled 
■ ?75(),oOO, .iml the total 
onount gi.'iid out in waffes 
A .IS jllii.iHHi. Such ;i yearly 
■iitribution for the m.iint.iiti- 
' ice of so many Muscatine 
homos is not a fact to be 
)ii,'htly passed over. Fifteen 
liunilred c.ir li>;ids were ship- 
ped durini; l.ist year and the 
most Conservative estimates 
lor this ye.'ir places the out- 
put tar .ibove this hi^rh mark. 
Kvery Muso.itine citizen 
should feel proud of this in- 
dustry. ;inil a firm such as 
the South Musc.'itine Lumber 
Company which is a creilit 
to the citv. 




INTEK|i>K I IIOMI'SON S HOOK SIOKK. 




PLANT OF IHE SOUIH -MCSCATINK I.VMBF.K COMl'ANV. 



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IMkKlUKS IN KKSIDKNCt Ol- JOHN H.KAlsKK. 




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WINTER AND SUMMER VIEW OF UdME OF JOHN U. KAISER. 



FIRST NATIONAL BANK 

Am >nK the thoroiii^hly suhstantinl and reliable institutions 
that tranH.ict biisint-As under the National hiwH, is the First 
National Bank, xituated at the corner of Iowa Avenue and 
Second street*,. Many of the fimt prints which daily travel 
this busy bankini' corner i>oint tow.iril thi* institution and at 
all timi-« during; its 
business hours (from 
'I a. Ml. to v< p. ni. ) 
the c o r r i il o r is 
crowded with patrons 
from the city and sur- 
round in^ territory. 

The lirm was ori- 
ginally the banking; 
lirm of Isctt ;ind 
Hrewster, which 
name still souniU 
f.ainilar to the oldest 
inhabitants. Thi- 
name was changed 
in \»iA to the Mer- 
chants ICxchauK^t' 
llank and the follow- 
ing: year became the 
Merchants Kxchan^'< 
N a t i o n .a I Ha n k 
Husiness was carried 
• >n under this name 
till June 1886, 




FIRST NATlONAt, 1IANK. 



Its first president v»'as the late Peter Jack.sun, and lirst cashier 
Wm. C. Brev^'ster, whose death occurred in New York City 
abtnit a year ajjo. Mr. Jackson was succeeded as president 
by S. G. Stein, Sr., the later by H. \V. Moire and Mr. Mixire 
by the present incumbent, S. I}. Stein. Wm. C Brewster 
was succeeded as cashier by Peter Jackson, he liy F. K. 
1,1-wis ;ind he by Thomas N. llniwn. Mr. Brown was 

succeeded by tlis 
present cashier. Mr. 
S. .M. Huj;hes. The 
ortlcers at present 
are. S. ti. Stein, 
President: D. V. 
Jackson, Vice-Presi- 
dent; S. M. Hughes. 
Cashier. These, to- 
ilet h e r with, J. 
Carsk.nilden, F. P. 
Sawyer, Chas. Pajje 
and J. B. l)ou(.:herty 
constitute the Board 
of Directors. Its 
otiicers are .ill pro- 
jcressive men who are 
I»crsonally interested 
in the well fare of 
this city, and the 
ultimate financial 
success of a banking' 
lirm with such men 
at the head of alTairs. 
is an assured fact. 



when it was j^iven 

the name it now bears. It h.is been doin>f business continu- The bank is well e(|uipped with the most UKMlern of contri- 

ou.sly as a National Hank since 186.s. It has a capital of y^"ce« 'y.^'^e 't hard for a bur^'lar to e.irn a livin>r, the 



S.sO,(KX).00 and surplus and pmiit amounting to over 5.=0, 0< Ki. 00. 



latest addition licinj; :i dynamite proof revolving: safe, and 
s.ifety dejiosit v.iult. 



MUSCATINE SAVINGS BANK. 

The MiiscHtine Saviiijjs Bank was org-anized Feb. 23, 1880, 
with a cash capital of ten thousand dollars. Since orijaniza- 
tion, this banking firm has enjoyed a steadily increasing 
patronage and has from time to time enlarged its capital till 
it has now reached 
tlie high mark of 
eighty thousand dol- 
lars with a surplus 
of ten thousand. 
Many of the laboring 
class in this city 
make a reg u 1 a r 
weekly call at the 
Savings Bank and 
deposit the small 
surplus from the 
weeks wages. Each 
j-ear has added to 
its lists of patrons 
and this has necces- 
sarly added to the 
c:ipital from year to 
year. In 1883 it was 
increased to S2O.000. 
in 1887 to S30,o00, 
and 1S90 to $3.S,000, 
and so on at this 

rate till it has attained the present figure. Those at the head 
of affairs endeavor to gain the confidence of the public by 



honest and earnest endeavor and by conservative mjthads 
have succeeded in establishing a liberal patronage. 

The present officfrs are, President, J. Carskaddjn; Vice- 
President, John B. Dougherty, and Cashier, Mr. Chas. Page. 
The directors are, J. Carskadden, John B. Dougherty, S. (J. 

Stein, F. P. Saw- 
yer, S. M. Hughes, 
and Chas. Page. 
The history of 
this firm has been .i 
progressive one, and 
if the rate of ad- 
vancement equals in 
the future, that of 
the past, the outlook 
for this firm is a 
very bright one. It 
has succeeded in 
gaining the confi- 
ilence of Muscatine 
citizens and those 
out side of the city 
by honest, straight 
forward dealings, 
and is daily adding 
to its list of loyal 
customers. This 
IXTEKIOK MLS.ATiNh -AViN(,s B.\XK. ^^m has the advan- 

' tage of a convenient location, being situated in the business 
section of Muscati.ie. 





M'. MAK'i'S (.111 Ktll. >CUuOI„ AMI lli'MI. iiK KKV. J. 1. (.KlKsKR. 




VIKVV FROM ST. MARYS. LOdKINti WEST. 




KKSIDKNlK or JOHN 11. Illil (.MIKTV. 





1. -FARVIEW. • HOME OF ATTORNKY L. J. HORA.V. 2. INTERIOR V A N UOK NE RLSIDENCE. 3. M fSC ATINE AS SEEN FROM ■K A R V lEW. 




RESIPENCK OF HON. J. L. C.IKSLER. 



STERNEMAN CLOTHING CO. 

Muscatine has the distiiictiun uf pussessiiif^^ the only 
Wholesale Clothing house in the state of Iowa, that of the 
Sterneman Clothing- Companj'. shown in the accompanying- 
eng^raving-. This large jobbinjr house was established 
November 30, 1889, 
the company being 
incorporated at that 
time with an author- 
ized capital of fifty 
thousand dollars. 
The incorperators 
were Messrs. John 
S. Sterneman, Phil. 
J. Mackey, and \V. 
F. Bishop. Later 
Mr. Sterneman pur- 
chased the interests 
of Messrs. Mackey 
and Bishop. The 
present officers are 
John S. Sterneman, 
President and Gen- 
eral Manager, and 
Geo. J. N ietzel, 
Secretary. 

The growth and 
de\elopment of a 
jobbing trade in the 
west, as a rule, is 
necessarily slow; but 
bj- putting forth an 
energy for which the 
intrepid manager of 
the house is noted, 
the business of the 
Sterneman Clothing 
Company has been 
year by year en- 
larged and extended 
into new territory. 
Today its trade 

covers the states of Iowa. Minnesota, Nebraska, Illinois, 
North Dakota. South Dakota, and Missouri, its four traveling 
salesmen looking closely after the wants of a constituency that 
has been attracted by both superior quality of goods, close 
prices and fair tre;itment. Tlie company manufactures its 




STERNEM.\N WHOLES.\I,E CLOTHING HOUSE 



own clothing, Mr. Sterneman going to New York frequently to 
Ii-ik after this branch of the work. He buys the piece gcxxl's in 
great quantities, attending to the selection in per.son, and 
thereby maintaining high quality and su|ierior workmanship. 
The most substantial and well-known factories in New York 
are employed in the manufacture of these gixjds, occupying, as 

it does, the position 
of being the only ex- 
elusive wholesale 
cU'thing house in 
luwa, the disposition 
among retailers in 
this territory to 
patronize a western 
house is increasing, 
and each season the 
trade is met with a 
more complete line of 
goods. 

The company's 
stock occupies all of 
three tl'iors and a 
basement, 20x140 
feet in dimensions, 
their g<xjds coverinjf 
a floor space of 
eleven thousand and 
two hundred square 
feet The first floor 
Cortains in addition 
to the counting room 
and packing and 
shipping depart- 
ments, the immense 
stock of boys and 
children's suits. 
The second floor is 
lievoted to men's 
suits, and the third 
to overcoats, heavy 
garments, etc. A 
trip through the vari- 
ous departments 
causes the visitor no little surprise at the magnitude of the 
stock, but the traveling men keep it moving in and out at a 
lively rate during the bu.sy seasons. 

The success of the Sterneman Clothing Company is a re- 
sult of combined energy and good management. 




rksiuknce. business hoitsk. anmi interiors of dry <;oods store of h. k. i.ii.i.v. 






MACKKY'S MODEL CLOTHING HOUSE. 1. OFFICE AND SALESROOM; 2. SECTION IN WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT. 

DEPARTMENT. 4. SECTION IN RETA IL SALESROOM. 



TAILORINC. 




RESIDENCE OF P. M. MUSSER. 




KK-IKENCK OK DK. H. M. DKAN. 




VIEW IN JKWELRY STORE OF FRANK I'. KoKCKERITZ. 



THE COOK. MUSSF.R ANO COMPANY STATE 
BANK AND TRUST COMPANY. 

Amun^' the prominent tiniuici.il institutionis of Kastern 
Iowa the t)anl»inn house of the C'"«k. Musscr & Comnany has 
occupied an envied 
position for n \ e r 
thirty years, steailily 
nt ren^t hen i nn its 
credit and influence, 
and extending; its 
business over a v.ist 
territory in eastern 
Iowa anti Western 
Illinois. The house 
was established in 
1870 under the firm 
name of Silverman. 
C<K)k & C o m p a n y . 
continuin).; in thi> 
naineuntil 187ti, whrn 
Mr. Silverman r. 
tired, hein^; >iii 
ceeded by Mr. P. M 
Musser. The tin 
n :i m e w as t h e n 
chanjfed to Cook, 
Musser & Co., under 
which title it re- 
mained imtil Dccem- 




COOK. Ml'S.SKR i CO.. ST.\TK lt.\.\K .\ N 1) TKt'ST COMPANY. 



licr IH'Xi, when it was incor|xjrated under the present name. 

The officers of the CiKik, .Nlusser A Company State Bank 
.iiid Trust Co.. are P. M. .\Iu-.sor. President; K. C. Cook. 



Vice-President; S. I). Crxjk. Cashier. The directors are P. 
M. Musser, S. B. Co)k. E. C. C<xJk, C. K. Musser. Anna C. 
Kunck. .md (i. A. Kunck. The banks olficers and directors 
are amontr the l>est known financiers .ind capitalists in the 
city, and the (|uestiiin of financial stability h:is never been 

even thought of by 
patrons of the in- 
stitution. 

The capital of 
the Coi>k, Musser A 
Co.. State Bank and 
Trust Company is 
seventy- H ve t hi ius:md 
dollars, its surplus 
and undivided pro- 
fits running .it pres- 
ent about forty-si. \ 
thousand. The com- 
pany owns its build- 
i na, w h i c h w .'i s 
constructed es|>ecial- 
for the bank. It is 
diviiled into four 
apartments, a cus- 
tomers' lobby. ci>unt- 
injf room, the pri- 
vate pjirlors. ;ind a 
ti re pr<«if lined vault 
furnished with a h.ill 
standard d o u b I e 
chronometer s.ife. Hurjclar insurance is carried in standard 
and reliable companies. The CtR)k-Musser Comp.iny has 
.ilways done a pener.il banking; business. 



THE HOTEL GRAND. 

The majfiii ficent hotel shown in the accompaiiyhij^' illustra- 
tion is known throucfhout the west as one of Iowa's leadings hos- 
telries. The house is a palatial one — if anything, a little in 
advance of the city. It would easily meet the requirements and 
demands of a city ten 
times the size and 
population of Musca- 
tine. The Grand, in 
hotel vernacular, is 
■'a hundred room 
house."" It contains 
seventy sleeping^ 
rooms, elegant din- 
ing rooms and par- 
lors, a large and 
handsomely finished 
office, billiard hall, 
barber shop, bar, 
and all modern hotel 
conveniences. The 
sleeping rooms are 
all supplied witli 
steam heat, gas and 
electric lights, are 
comfortable and well 
ventilated. The 
sample rooms are 
ample, well lighted 
and will meet all 
demands of trade — 
an item the commer- 
cial tourist never fails to make a note of and remember. The 
Grand's dining room and its service is as good as can be 
found anywhere in the state, and all appointments of theotfice. 




THE HOTEL GR.\XD. 



parlors, reading rixim and so forth are firstclass and up-to- 
date. The finest billard hall and bar in the state are run in 
connection with the Grajid — a fact generally conceeded by 
billiard and pool players who have opp<.)rtunities to see the 
best. This hotel was never in as good shape, nor in as com- 
petent hands, as it is at present under the management of 

Landlord J. G. Der- 
medy, who is now 
Hearing the close ot 
his fourth year with 
the house. Mr. Der- 
medy came here from 
Waverly, his former 
home having been in 
Janesville, Wiscon- 
sin. All his life he 
has dealt with the 
public and the wants 
of travelers are read- 
ily comprehended 
;ind promptU' sup- 
plied when they t)e- 
come guests of the 
Grand. This year 
tin- house will be re- 
furnished and baths 
will be put in, and, 
although it is now 
' one of the best sixty 
thousand dollar 
hotels in the state, a 
comparatively small 
expenditure, already 
in contemplation, will make it the equal of any Iowa hotel, 
not excepting the very finest. Thirty people .are employed the 
year round in operating the hotel, including the laundry, etc. 




I. HfcslDfcNLK JNO. H. MUNROE. i SKNATOK (iKO. M. TITUS. 3 AND 4. "ISLA N I) VIKW THE HOME OF CIT Y ATTORNKY J. K. OE VITT. 





1. RESIDENCE OP S. B. COOK. 2. SEN. J. M. (lOBBLE. 3. HON. JOHN MA HIN. 4. \V. J. 1!L.\NCHAKD. 




John 



K.litor. 




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TKe Evening JovirnoLl. 

Kiir flirty years the Miisc.itino Kvcnin^ Juiiriial h.is 
represented all that was excellent ami priijfrcssive in news- 
paiierdom in Muscatine. The present editor, Hon. John 
Mahin. has been at the head of the paper since 1852 and has 
made it one of the best known papers in the state. 

Within the last year the paper has made most marked 
advancement. A H<ie web (lerfcctin^r press and a second 
Linotype have been installed and the paper so improved 
;ind pushed that the circulation has been practically 
tri-lilod, the l.itter beinj; g-iiaranteed to be (greater than all 
other Muscatine papers combined. The office is now one 
of the best e<iuipped offices of its size in the state. 




Hakoi.ii J. Maiiin. Manager. 



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A. C.I.IMPSI-: OK THK Hlf. I'HKSS. 



A CURNEK OK IIIK COMPOSI.NC. KOOM, 



MUSCATINE NORTH & SOUTH RAILROAD CO. 



Offlcal Headquarters, Muscatine, Iowa. 

Walter M. Gokham. H. F. Bai.ch, Charles Howard, Gkokc.k Kkeder, 

Preesident. Vice Preiiiilent Gen'l Man;ij,'er. Auditor. 



A. L. LlNDNlR, 

Gen'l Agrent. 




STATION OK THE MUSCAITNK NOKIH & SOITH RAILROAD CO. 

Direct route to Chicago, Peoria, Minneapolis, St. Paul. Kansas City, Omaha, St. Louis, and all poiots 
East and West via Iowa Central and its connecting- railways. 










THE BOSTON STORE. BENNMSON BROS.. PROPS. l.-SALESROOM. 2. PRESS COO DS DEPT. 3. CLOAK DKTT. 4 CARPET DKPT. 





I. K?:SIDENCK U(IN. SAM COUN. :;. RKSIDENCE LOUIS COUN. 3 AND 4. CLOTHING HOUSK OF S. & L. COH N 



BEKLIN STUDIO. 

Pcrhapd amim^r the formost of Muscatine citizens who have for years been identified 
with all that is lieautiful in old Muscatine, i-i Alexander (irosheim, the veteran photo- 
^raphor. The name oi Alexander (in.sheim, proprietor of the Berlin Studio has l.mn been 
a household won! in this city ami >urrouiidin>r towns, for the genial photoffrapher not only 
enjoys a local reputation but has many visi- 
tors .'inil customers from surrounding; terri- 
tory. Mr. tirosheim has kept abreast with 
all the latest improvements in his particular 
art, and the finish on a "(Jroshoini photo- 
ffraph" easily distinguishes it from work of 
other artists. The visitor is made welcome 
at the studio <>n East Second street and 
ni.iiiy priKluctions of the tine .irt ^rreet the 
eye on every hand. A precedence in this 
particular line is not established by the mere 
poscssion of outfit and the proper chemicles 
and cm only be obt.iined by ye.irs of con- 
stant application .md h.ird study, and even 
years of application will not accomjilish 
what Mr. (Jrosheiin has attained without 






the assi.stance of personal t.'iste, for 
it is a well known fact (hat half of 
an education is to know where to 
find it. This .ipplies to the art of 
.seeinjT a (j<»k1 picture, and the fact 
that Mr. timshcim |v>ssesses this 
characteristic is pmveil by the 
many splendid specimens of ph'ito- 
(^raphy to be fouml in aim ist all 
Muscatine homes. Many a beauti- 
ful spot "f nature dear to the heart 
of old citizens of Muscatine County, 
m.iny a face dearer still, have been 
pre.served by the veteran phuto- 
frrapher with his ma).;ical art. Mr. 
(Jroaheims' pictures have been put 
• ■n exhibition with many .'irt col- 
lections and always show up to the 
credit of the artist. 





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1 AND 2. RESIDENCE AND OFFICK DR. E. B. FULLIAM. 3 AND 4. DENTAL ROOMS OF DR. A. A. PETERSEN. 



THE MUSCATINE FRENCH CHEESE FACTORY. 

Kap'ulity "f the jjruwlh <•( in.iiiufacttiriii^ concerns in Mii-catini- is 
made apparent liy a ^:lance at the btniiness of the linn of Schuh A 
C".. proprietors of the Muscatine French Cheese K.HCtory. The business, 
which was established 
Octolwr 1, 18'*, now has 
a patrunaj^e extendinK 
into all parts of the 
United States and Can- 
ada—a trailc that is con- 
stantly increasin);. This 
is liecause of the 8U|K"rior 
ijualtty of the output of 
the factory. Those rich 
little table and lunch 
cheeses, which until (|uitc 
recently were im()<irted 
into the United Stales ;ire 
now tnainifactureil by this 
firm, :ind the most criti- 
c:il epicures in Comp.trin); 
the(|ualities of the foreign 
cheeses .md those manu- 
factured in Muscatine 
have decided in favor of 
the latter. The brands 
of cheese nianuf.ictured 
here are Fromajfc de 
Camembert, Kroma^:e de 
Hrie, Kroni.ij^e d' Isi^jny, 
Kroiieiikase, SchlnssUase, 
K r 11 h s t u c k s- K a s c h e n , 
Neufchatel, St. (iervais, 
Komatour, and the cele- 
brated Sierra and Le 
Petit de Hrie. Amofi)f 
these are some of the most 

(lopular bran<ls of cheese in America, and Musc.itine takes pride in the ' 
fart of beiuff the home of the proiluct. The factory, which occupies the | 




MUSCATINK KRKNCH CHKESE I-ACTOKY. 



building; constructed for the Benjamin Her»hey creamery, shown in the 
en^f^avin^r, is located on the Bluff Road, west of the city, and is admir- 
ably .-idapted to the uses of a cheese factory. The factory has a 
capacity of three thousand pounds of milk d.iily, and the pnxluct of the 

house is limited at pres- 
ent only by th.- sh >rt sup- 
ply of milk. More milk 
is wanted at all times, 
and th.; highest market 
price is .ilways paid. 
Th'; dairy is now an in- 
dustry th.it could be 
larjfely in:r,! is.-.l in Mus- 
c.'i'.ine and vicinity with 
profit to investirs The 
French Cheese Factory 
has created a market for 
milk that should and no 
doubt will, induce m.iny 
f.irmcrs and stock owners 
near Muscatine to i^'i^e it 
immediate attention. Mr. 
Schmidt, the m.'in.'iKer, is 
;i pr.'ictical cheese maker, 
having learned the art in 
his former hume in Cali- 
fornia, and learned it thor- 
oujrhly. He is an active, 
energetic business m<in, 
a hustler for business, 
.md .1 public spirited citi- 
zen. Musc'itine will 
:ilways find room for such 
worthy citizens, for it is 
men of action that make 
manufacturing stroiifj- 
holds of cities endowed 
with the natural advantages l)cstowed upon Muscntine. The success 
of Messrs. Schuli! iV Co. is a source of ^ratitlcition to all citizens. 



HAVERCAMP'S PHARMACY. 

Muscatine can boast of one of the most modern pharmacies in Eastern 
Iowa, referring- to that owned by John J. Havercanp. Mr. Havercanip 
opened up at the present place of business in 1879, and since that time 
has enlarg^ed and improved his store to meet the requirements of a grow- 
ing patronage. He carries a complete line of drugs, chemicals, jierfume?, 
and druggists toilet goods, in fact he carries so complete a stock, th.il 




every demand of the trade can be supplied from the store. That which 
is most pleasing to a customer and contributes largely toward inducing 
them to buJ^ is to be ushered into a store-room that is neat and attractive 
in arrangment, and Mr. Havercamp acts upon that theory in presenting 
his goods to the public. Havercamp's Pharmacy is anon,' tlii formost of 
long- established Ijusiness n;imes in Muscrttin?. 





1. WOOD VARD OF CHAS. CADLE. 2. GEO. EICHFNOIRS CIGAR FACTOR" 



DR. J. A. BIRCHARD. 

The practice of dentistry in Muscatine has shown a por- 
ceptlMe increase since the advent of Dr. James A. Birchard, 
who came to the ci y two years a;fo from Daveniwrt. Care of 
the natural teeth is (i^niwinj; t<> be 
loi^ked upon as an im|xirtant duty 
— one which has l)een sadly nvK- 
lected by precedinjf (generations. .\ 
few years ago having' a tooth tilled 
meant hours of tedious drillinjr, 
cutting and hammering all work 
being done without the aid of 
machinery. Under minlern mcthiKls 
the patient has but a short time, 
comparatively, to w.iit in the 
dentist's chair while buzzing motors 
ply the hammers and drills. Dr. 
nirchard has been successful in 
building up a practice that extends 
into all territory surrounding Mus- 
c.itine. His a]>plicatii>n of mixlern 
methods in pr.ictice, and the combi- 
natiiMi of skill and rapid work, h.iM' 
made his dental rooms .ts popular a 
resort for ilentistry patients as it is 
possible for a dentist's rooms !.■ 
appro.-ich popularity. 

Dr. Birchard has practicrd 
«lentistry seven years, and has had 
the lienelils of superior inslruclion 
both in school ,-ind active practice. 
He is a graduate of the dental 

department of the Northwestern I'niversity, of Chicago; holds 
a diploin.i from the Chicago School of Anatomy, .intl is also a 
graduate of the American College of Dental Surgeons, of 




Chicago. He was educated at Lombard I'niversity, Gales- 
burg, prior to his entering his profession. 

Dr. Hirchard makes ,i s|>ecialty of painle.ssly extracting 
teeth — a successful method which robs the visits to a dentist 
of all their terrors. People of a delicate constitution or 

nervous temperament frequently 
iifglect the teeth liecause of a 
n.'itural dread of h.iving bad teeth 
extracted. There is, however, no 
longer an excuse for neglecting bad 
teelh, which onstantly grow worse. 
Painless extraction is a reality, and 
p.i'ients who muster up sufticient 
Courage to try it ;ire fully convinced 
of this truth and are sorry they 
ilidn't try it sooner. When the 
teeth begin to decay the greatest of 
annoyances and troubles are s.Tved 
by giving them prompt attention. 
To neglect or delay means addi- 
tional suffering and expense. No 
one misses the natural teeth until 
they .ire repl.iced with thi- .'irtitici.'il, 
ami then it is everlastingly toi late 
to lament. The importance of sav- 
ing the n.'itur.'il teeth shouM not be 
lost sight of by parents. Children 
should he sent to the dentist twice 
a year at lea.st, for examination, 
l-'reijuently a tooth is saved for a 
lifetime by fifteen minutes work 
performed at the pro|)er moment, 
where neglect would cause its loi^s, 
and necessit.ite the wearing of artitici.'il teeth a lifetime. 
Dr. Hirch.inrs work recommends itself. His office is located 
at No. 212 Iowa avenue. 



NEW PROCESS LAUNDRY. 

Nothing^ adds to the personal appearence and so satis- 
factorily sets ofif the charms of the indivdual as a complete 
equipment in spotless linen, and so long as Muscatine citizens 
continue the use of laundry, F. X. Schaefer, the geniel 
proprietor of the New Process Laundry, will be a fixture in 
this city. After seven years in this business Mr. Schaefer has 
succeeded in establishing' 
a loyal trade, and by keep- 
ing' abreast with the times, 
is now the proud possessor 
of one of the best equippeii 
laundries in this part of 
the state. The very latest 
models of machines em- 
ployed in presenting soiled 
linen to the customer in 
shining shape, are to tit- 
found in his place of busi- 
ness, and the proprietor is 
always will ing and anxious 
to displaj' and explain the 
different processes to the 
visitor. Mr. Shaefer has 
made a careful study of 
rapidity in handling his 
work and it is suprising 
how many hundreds of 
shirts, cuffs and collars can be put through the process in 
such short spaces of time. 

From a local business the New Process Laundry has ex- 
tended beyond the limits of the County, and at present about 
twenty-five agents collect and distribute soiled and clean 




linen from homes within a radius of about sixtj- miles. .Mr. 
Schaefer is constantly planing improvements and extentions 
and at the present rate of advancement it will soon be neccessary 
to enlarge the plant. The white delivery wagon is a farailar 
object in all parts of Muscatine at all times of the day and 
night. To those not familar with the process employed in 
supplying them with clean linen, a visit to the New Process 

Laundry would he inter- 
esting. 

Among the latest ad- 
ditions to the plant are the 
following: An immense 
Mangle with a capacity of 
1500 pieces an hour; a 
Collar machine, capacity 
fiOO pieces an hour; two 
Shirt machines, capacity 
loO an hour; a. neck-band 
ironer and wrist-band 
ironer, each with a capa- 
city of 100 an hour. Also 
a collar and cuff starcher 
with a capacity of 70() an 
hour, and shirt starcher, 
capacity of ISO pieces an 
hour. In addition to these 
there are three washers 
with extractors, which 
wring 150 shirts at a time. i here are many other improved 
pieces of machinery in this establishment, the duplicates of 
which can onlj' be found in the most improved laundries. Mr. 
Schafer contributes his success to the fact that he uses filtered 
water and absolutely uses no chemicals in his establishment. 



HAKTMAN AND tITMAN. 



AmoriK' the new li>cal linn* who have laiiDChfd into the retail (grocery trade is thai uf liartman ami Kilinan. wIki's 
place of bukiness is situated on Second street, near the corner of Second and Imva Avenue. Ifcith ifentlemen had been enjrajjed 
in the frri>cery business fur years previous to their joininjf forces and had maile many warm friends and jrained many loya' 
ciisloiiitT -. \>\ i>< Ts.iti.il il lilv riiitarf. Sim'f assi-oiatiiiij turothiT in biisinoss thf firm ha\e enjoyed a splendid trade fron their 

friends and have made numerous 
new ones by their excellent service, 
riieir store room presents a pleasinj; 
>'\HM til the customer and has cnn- 
-.tantly an apjiearence to tempt the 
prospective buyer. Orders receive 
prompt attention and prices are al- 
ways reasunable. Anythitv.; from 
st.iple articles ti> fancy eatibles are 
obtain ible at this establishment and 
ihe buyer is always assured nf re- 
ceivinjif the best of quality. The 
freshest of vegetables can be found 
HI season each mornintr on ilispl.iy 
,it their windows, lloth gentlemen 
.ire cimcientiiius, affable individuals 
who have the happy faculty of m.ik- 
in>; friends wherever they K" "•'"' 
with the assistance of this faculty 
OMupled with energy .and const.int 
l.itmr which is recpiireil in this 
particular business, this tjrm is 
rapiilly biiildiu).^ up a solid tr.'ide. 
nut only .among Muscatine citizens, 

.NTI-RIOK I.AhTMAN AM. 1 ...MAN ..Hl.CKKV. '»" '"'"> '"'""^^y customers. 




SHINNS MUSCATINE BUSINESS COLLEGE AND 
ENGLISH TRAINING SCHOOL. 

This bevy of shiniiiff faces reflects the hi<,'h class of 
students received at this popular trainiiiir schfiol. These 
young- people are Munson enthusiasts, ami are ever ready to 
speak for the system 
and the thorough, up- 
to-date course of 
study provided by 
Prof. Shinn and his 
g-ifted wife. 

Hundreds of 
yonng- people have 
availed themselves of 
the advantag-es 
afforded at the Mus- 
catine Business Col- 
lege, and are now 
holding pleasant and 
profitable positions 
as their reward. 

That such an 
institution is greatly 
needed in this com- 
munity is shown by 
the fact that quarters 
which, three years 
ago, seemed too large 
are now whollv 
inadequate to accom- 
modate the attend- 
ance. In fact, fully 
as many were denied 

entrance as made up somr shorthand students k 

the entire attendance (Photo taken 




at the busiest time, a few years ago. An effort will be made 
this summer to secure additional quarters. Public-spirited 
citizens should lend all the aid in their power to the teachers 
in providing proper accommodations. The students who are 
attracted from a distance should be caused to feel the liberal 
hospitality of our Muscatine people, and it is advisable that 

conditions be such 
that the young people 
of the community 
who desire a com- 
mercial training 
need not leave home 
t<3 go to some school 
at a distance. 

The value of a 
commercial education 
cannot be overesti- 
mated, for it is in 
such training schools 
as these that students 
are fitted to battle 
with stern realities 
of life. Graduates 
from a good business 
college are never at a 
loss to know "what 
to do for a living," 
and is never long in 
finding an opening- 
where he or she may 
obtain pleas.ant and 
profitable employ- 
ment. Just at pre- 
sent the demand for 
l)uiTi.-ss col lege gra- 
duates in the large 
cities far exceeds the 
supply. 



ROM CLASSES Ol' 
in March) 



1900-1901 



MBKIDE BILLIARD HALL. 

After'closing of business hours on almost any afternoon, the favorite resort of professional anil commericial men. i> the Mo- 
Briilc Hillaril Parlors, situatoil on East Secoml street in the Hotel (^ranil t)lliUlin^;. Mr. Chas. McBride, the proprietor, has 
succeedetl in <listin>;"ishinjf hii pl.ice of business from the usual t_vi>e of HillanI Halls hy Ueepintf out the unilesirable element 
anil coMiertinn his parlors into a retreat for gentlemen. Congenial groups can lie found at all times engaged in a friendly 
game of billiards or pool, ami several players of no little -kill have gained a name among profess^irs of this pastime. It is the 

aim of the proprietor to make his 
h.iU as homelike as possible and 
he h.as succeeded so far .is to 
enjoy a liberal patronage from 
the best of Muscatine citizens. 
It is a pl.ace to which one can 
le.id a friend or visitor and be 
•issured of the best surmundings 
;md comp.'iny. The furnishings 
are of the latest style and eight 
playing tables of the best make 
arranged in two rows ;ire kept 
Constantly in use. Anything in 
the way of tobacco or cigars that 
meets the popular f.ivor is found 
(or sale here, ami the place has 
not only become a resort for the 
elite of Muscatine but is patron- 
ized very largely by cemmercial 
travelers. The stranger meets 
a h.indshakc and a welcmie 
from the proprietor, and no more 
congeniel atmosphere can be 
.'ound in Muscatine in which to 
pass a few hours of recre.ation. 




C. O. M'HHiril- 



BII.I.IAKli IIAI.I,— HOTEL GKAND. 



ABOUT BOWMAN'S BARN. 

The Livery and Sale Stable of Frank Bowman, shown in 
the illustration on this pag-e, is now one of the best equipped 
in the West. Twenty years ag^o the proprietor began business 
in partnership with 
his brother "Jake." |[ 
They started with 
two horses, both of 
which were blind, 
and one old transfer 
wagon. Today the 
barn (owned by the 
firm) has one hund- 
red horses, one 
hundred and fi f ty 
buggies, carriages, 
cabs, traps, wagon- 
ettes and pleasure 
vehicles; fifty or 
si.xty wagons, rang- 
ing in size from im- 
mense transfer trucks 
of a half car load 
capacity- down to 
"Jakie's hurry-U]i 
wagon." In the 
heavy transfer busi- 
ness this is the most 
thoroughly equipped 
firm in the city, and 
has facilities for 
moving anything that 
is movable. More- 

ever Frank Bowman is well backed financially and is responsible 
for any accidents that may occur, insuring the owners against 




FR.4NK BOWMAN S I.IVEKV BARN. 



loss in transferring the most expensive articles. Few h jiises in 
the west have better facilities for handling heavy goods, or, for 
that matter, for conducting a livery and sale stable. A few 
years ago Muscatine had very few tine private rigs. Today the 
city can turn out more handsome horses and fine carriages than 

any city of its popu- 
lation in Iowa. This 
is largely due to the 
fact that Frank Bfjw- 
man has been buying 
and fitting uji turn- 
outs for those who 
formerly dejiended 
largely on hiring 
carriages, and sell- 
ing them. Man J- of 
the finest and hand- 
somest equipages in 
Muscatine have been 
made up by Bowman, 
whoseex|>erience and 
judgment in buying 
and matching horses 
as well as in pur- 
chasing rigs, are be- 
yond question. He 
is sole agent in Mus- 
catine for the noted 
H. H. Babcock Com- 
pany's vehicles, 
which are conceded 
to be the best manu- 
factured. He has two 
barns located in the 
busiest part of the city, and takes care of a large number of pri- 
vate rigs, boarding horses by the week. 




"PICrfKESUUK MUSCATINK" HAI.I-TOSE cuts AKE 1 KIIM llIK I.EVVTYI'K COMPANY. 



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KESIDKNCK OF DK. E. H. KIXC 




RESI1>EN"CE OF DK. f,. O MOK(;Kini;E. 



RESIUENlE ok MR. CHAS. I'AUE. 



